Question

You are making 75 mint chocolate bars and 45 caramel pecan bars for some gift boxes for your teachers. :) If each box will contain exactly the same bars, what is the greatest name number of gift boxes can you put together? How many off each bar will be in a gift box?

Answer 1

Find the greatest common factor of 75 and 45
factor each
75=3*5*5
45=3*3*5
the greatest common factor is the common group to both or 3*5 or 15

you can make 15 boxes

75/15=5
45/15=3

15 boxes, each with 5 mint chocolate bars and 3 caramel bars