You fill bags with cookies to give your friends. You bake 45 chocolate chip cookies, 30 peanut butter cookies, and 15 oatmeal co

Question

3 years ago

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okies. You want identical groups of cookies in each bag with no cookies left over. What is the greatest number of bags you can make?

1 answer:

babunello [35] · Answer 1 · 2022-06-23T05:15:16+03:00

Answer:

The answer to your question is 15 bags.

Step-by-step explanation:

Data

45 chocolate chip cookies

30 peanut butter cookies

15 oatmeal cookies

Process

1.- Calculate the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for the number of cookies.

45 30 15 2

45 15 15 3

15 5 5 3

5 5 5 5

1 1 1

GCF = 3 x 5 = 15

2.- Conclusion

I can make 15 bags of cookies with the following distribution

Each bag will have - 3 chocolate chip cookies

- 2 peanut butter cookies

- 1 oatmeal cookie.