Asked by Kyle

There are 18 boys and 60 girls working on a community service project. They work in groups where each group has the same number of boys and the same number of girls.

Q1: What is the first step to finding the greatest number of groups possible?

A. Multiply 18 times 60
B. Divide 60 by 18
C. Find the factors of 18 and 60
D. Subtract 18 from 60

Q2: What is the greatest number of groups possible? The greatest number of groups possible is _______.
Answered by Kyle
Q2 answer is 3?
Answered by Ms. Sue
No.
Answered by Kyle
the factorization of 18 is 2x3x3, and the 60 is 2x2x3x5. so the question is asking the greatest so 3 is not correct? maybe 2?
Answered by Ms. Sue
The question asks which is the GREATEST number of groups possible.

Answered by Ms. Sue
18 is not divisible by 5.

Answered by Kyle
i am so confused, can you teach me?
Answered by Ms. Sue
I told you this was your first answer.
C. Find the factors of 18 and 60

Factors of 18:
1, 18, 2, 9, 3, 6

Factors of 60:
1, 60, 2, 30, 3, 20, 4, 15. 5, 12, 6, 10

What is the largest common factor?

Answered by Kyle
6 is the largest common factor
Answered by Ms. Sue
Right.
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