Question

You are making a necklace for your friends. You have 72 blue beads and 42 red beads. Each friend will receive and identical necklace, and all beads must be used.
A) What is the greatest number of friends who can receive a necklace?
B) How many of each color bead will each friend receive on the necklace?

Answer 1

A) The max number of friends that can have an equal amount of beads is the max of 6 friends!

B)

The GCF of 72 and 42 is 6

Red Beads - 42 / 6 = 7

Blue Beads - 72 / 6 = 12

Each friend will have 12 blue beads and 7 red beads.