Question
There sre 16 rocks that are green and 24 rocks that are blue.
Sharon is dividing her green and blue rock collection into bags. Each bag will contain the same number of each color of rock. How many rocks of each colr will be in each bag?
Sharon is dividing her green and blue rock collection into bags. Each bag will contain the same number of each color of rock. How many rocks of each colr will be in each bag?
Answers
Steve
16 = 2^4
24 = 2^3 3^1
GCF(16,24) = 2^3 = 8
so, there will be 8 bags, each with 2 green and 3 blue rocks
24 = 2^3 3^1
GCF(16,24) = 2^3 = 8
so, there will be 8 bags, each with 2 green and 3 blue rocks
Ms. Sue
Also there could be
2 bags with 8 green and 12 blue
4 bags with 4 green and 6 blue
2 bags with 8 green and 12 blue
4 bags with 4 green and 6 blue