Question

A group of friends wanted to share 56 brownies and 42 snack bags of chips. If they share these items equally, what is the greatest number of friends there can be?

Answer 1

There can be maximum of 14 number of friends.

Explanation:

Given:

Number of brownies = 56

Number of snack bag of chips = 42

We need to find the greatest number of friends in which items can be shared equally.

Solution:

to find the greatest number of friends in which items can be shared equally we will find the Highest common factor.

First we will find the Multiples of the given numbers.

`56 = 2* 2*2* 7`

`42= 2*3*7`

From above we can see that;

The Highest common factor in above numbers is 14.

Hence We can say that;

There 14 friends in which 4 brownies can be distributed out of 56 brownies and 3 snack packs of chips can be distributed out of 42 snack bags of chips.

Hence There can be maximum of 14 number of friends.