Farmer Hanson is putting together fruit baskets. He has 240 apples and 150 pears. What is the largest number of baskets he can p

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ut together so that he can have the same number of apples and same number of pears in each basket considering no fruit is left out?

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Tomtit [17] · Answer 1 · 2022-07-09T11:54:35+03:00

Answer: 30 baskets.

<u>Step-by-step explanation:</u>

You need to find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF).

240 (apples) = 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 5

150 (pears) = 2 x 3 x 5 x 5

GCF (240, 150) = 2 x 3 x 5

= 30

You can make 30 baskets containing 240/30 = 8 apples and 150/30 = 5 pears.