Zev has 36 pencils and 45 erasers. He wants to use all of the pencils and erasers to make identical packages for his friends. Wh

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3 years ago

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at is the greatest number of packages Zev can make?

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soldier1979 [14.2K] · Answer 1 · 2022-05-24T00:44:40+03:00

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Answer:

Step-by-step

If you don't want to have anything left over, then the highest common factor is

36: 2 * 2 * 3 * 3

45: 3 * 3 * 5

The highest common factor is 9.

So he can make nine packages with

4 pencils in each one and

5 erasers in each package.