Carly is packing treats for the chess club. She has 48 nut bars and 64 tangerines. She wants to make snack bags with exactly the same treats for each club member. All the treats are used. What is the greatest number of treat bags she can make? How many of each kind of treat is in 1 sack

2 answers

find LCD
64 = 8*8 = 4*16
48 = 8*6 = 3*16
so 16 bags each 4 tans and 3 nuts
I mean largest common denominator