Question

Jill has just moved to a new town and wants to share plates of baked goods with her neighbors. She has 20 cookies and 12 brownies to share, and wants to split them equally among the plates with no food left over. What is the greatest number of plates she can make to share?

Answer 1

4

Explanation:

The greatest number of plates Jill can split the 20 cookies and 12 brownies into can be determined by calculating the highest common factor and 20 and 12

Factors of 12 = 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12

Factors of 20 = 1, 2,4, 5, 10, 20