Question

You have three pieces of ribbon measuring 16 cm, 24 cm, and 40 cm respectively. You want to cut them into strips of the same length. What is the longest possible length of one strip?

Answer 1

Answer:8

Explanation:

(16---->1,2,4,(8),16

24----->1,2,3,4,6,(8),12,24

40----->1,2,4,5,(8),10,20,40

Because 8 is the largest common divisor

Answer 2

What do you mean by ”What is the longest possible length of one strip?”