Jenna is cutting ribbon to make bows. She has two lengths of ribbon, one 24 inches long and one 36 inches long. She wants to cut the ribbon into equal lengths and not have any ribbon left over> Into what lengths can she cut the ribbon?

Answer 1

Factors of 24: 2, 12, 3, 8, 4, 6
Factors of 36: 2, 18, 3, 12, 4, 9, 6

Your answer is the factors that the two numbers have in common.

Answer 2

12

Answer 3

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