Question

A gardener has 27 pansies and 54 daisies. He plants an equal number of each type of flower in each row. What are the most flowers he can plant in each row

Answer 1

Answer:

There will be 3 rows of pansies

and 4 rows of daisies, each row has 9 flowers.

Step-by-step explanation:

You need the Greatest Common Factor (GCF),

the LARGEST number that divides into 27 and 36 evenly.

Prime factor 27:  27 = 3 x 3 x 3

Prime factor 36:  36 = 4 x 9 = 2 x2 x 3 x 3

What factors do they have in common?  3 x  3

The greatest common factor is 3 x 3 = 9.

9 is the largest number that divides into 27 and 36