Question

Shannon is making identical balloon arrangements for a party. She has 36 maroon balloons, 24 white

balloons. She wants each arrangement to have the same number of each color What is the greatest
number of arrangements that she can make if every balloon is used?
O2
04
O 12
O 10

Answer 1

This is an example, sorry that this isn’t the exact answer but i hope this helps you:

Ex:
Answer: 4

Step-by-step explanation:

16= 2 * 2 * 2 * 2

24= 2 * 2 * 2 * 3

32= 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 * 2


HCF = 2 * 2 * 2 = 8

Possible common factors are 1,2,4,8

Ratio in which flowers to be used 16:24 :32

= 2 : 3 : 4

4 possible arrangement

Orange. White. Baloon

2. 3. 4

4 6. 8

8. 12. 16

16. 24. 32