Question

There are 30 oatmeal cookies and 48 chocolate chip cookies to package in plastic containers for her teacher friends at school. She wants to divide the cookies into identical containers do that each container has the same number of each kind of cookie. If she wants each container to have the greatest number of cookies possible, how many plastic containers does she need?

Answer 1

She needs about 6 containers

Answer 2

6 into 30 is 5 & 6 into 48 is 48. She needs a total of 6 plastic containers