Question

Maylin and Nina are making fruit baskets. They have 36 apples, 27 bananas, and 18 oranges. They want each basket to contain the same amount of each fruit. Maylin believes the greatest number of baskets they can make is 6, and Nina believes the greatest number of baskets they can make is 9.
Determine who is correct. Explain how you know.

Answer 1

Answer:

Nina

Step-by-step explanation:

With the amount of fruits they have, Maylins is not correct as 36 apples in 6 baskets works but 27 apples in 6 baskets would not work as a whole apple would be left out. Nina's amount of 9 baskets with 36 apples 27 bananas and 18 oranges equals out to (4, 3, 2) which is even distributed and therefore you answer.