Question

Anothony has 24 squash plants and 18 corn seedlings that he plans to plant in rows on his vegetable garden. Each row will contain only one type of plant, and he want me to have the same number of plants in each row of the garden. Anthony also wants to have the greatest number of plants possible in each row. What does Anthony need to find determine how many of each type of plant to put in each row? Explain

Answer 1

Anthony needs to find the greatest common factor of both 18 and 24. The reason why is because this way he can have the same number of plants in each row while having the greatest number in each row possible. The amount of plants he needs to put in each row is 6.