Question

A warehouse has shelves that can hold 8, 12, or 16 skateboards. each shelf has sections holding the same number of skateboards. what is the greatest number of skateboards that can be put in a section

Answer 1

4

Explanation:

To solve this you need the find the GCF or the greatest common factor.

To do this just look through the numbers to find the highest factor for all three.

For 8, 12, and 16 it would be 4.

4 goes into all of them and no number higher can do this

So your answer would be 4.