Question

For football tryouts at a local school, 12 coaches and 42 players will split into groups. Each group have the same number of coaches and players. What is the greatest number of groups that can be formed? How many coaches and players will be in each of these groups?

Answer 1

There will be 6 groups with 2 coaches and 7 players in each group.

Answer 2

The biggest number of groups that can be formed is 6, because six is the greatest common factor of 12 and 42. There will be 2 coaches in each group because 6 x 2 = 12 and 7 players in each group because 7 x 6 = 42.