The sixth-grade class is competing in the school field day. There are 32 girls and 24 boys who want to participate. Each team mu
st have the same number of girls and boys. What is the greatest number of teams that can be formed? How many boys and how many girls will be on each team?
1 answer:
Answer:
8 teams each team will have 4 girls and 4 boys
Step-by-step explanation:
We use GCD to solve this
the GCD of 32 and 24 = 8
8 is the greatest number of teams.
each team must have equal number of boys and girls so divided by two
8/2 = 4
4 girls and 4 boys
I have attached how to do GCD.
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I would start by setting up a chart like I did below.
Label one column age now and the other age in 5 years.
Since we don't know the son's age we use x.
We do know that the man's age is 4 times the son's age.
So the man's age will be 4x.
In the age in 5 year column, we add 5 to their current ages.
Now set up our equation.
Since it says "in five years" we use information in second column.
In 5 years time, he, "4x + 5", will be, equals,
3 times as old as his son, "3(x + 5)".
So we have 4x + 5 = 3(x + 5).
Solving from here, we find that x = 10.
So the son is 10 and the man is 4 times his age or 40.
