Question

Tristan has 45 apples and 20 pears that he is putting into gift baskets. Each basket will have the same number of apples and pears. What is the greatest number of baskets Tristan can make with no fruit left over? Explain. Hint: Draw a model or diagram.

Answer 1

Hi!

See the diagram I made.

Find the GCM of 45 and 20.

Factors of 45: 1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 45

Factors of 20: 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20

So make 5 groups of apples and pears.

The answer is 5

Hope this helps! :)

-Peredhel