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The owner of a candy store packs all of the sweets from a box into packets of 9, 12, 18 sweets .
a. what is the smallest number of sweets a box must contain if no sweets are to remain after packing?
b. There are 180 sweets to be packed. what is the largest number of packets that can be obtained?
a. what is the smallest number of sweets a box must contain if no sweets are to remain after packing?
b. There are 180 sweets to be packed. what is the largest number of packets that can be obtained?
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Answered by
PsyDAG
A. What number would have all of those three values as factors? Pick the smallest.
B. The smallest packets would give the largest number of packets.
B. The smallest packets would give the largest number of packets.
Answered by
Anonymous
39
4
4
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Anonymous
36 and 20
Answered by
Sandra
39 and 3
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Anonymous
39 and 60
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Anonymous
39 and 10
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Anonymous
18 and 39
Answered by
Anonymous
18 and 41
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Anonymous
18 and 36
Answered by
Anonymous
36 and 18
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