Mei has 15 oranges, and 9 peaches. She wants to put all of the fruit into decorative baskets. Each basket must have the same number of pieces of fruit in it. What is the greatest number of fruit Mei can put in each basket? Explain.

Answer 1

the GCF (greatest common factor) of 15 and 9 is 3

so 5 oranges and 3 peaches in each of 3 baskets