Question

A relief worker needs to divide 1350 bottles of water and 144 cans of food into boxes that each contain the same number of items.​ Also, each box must contain the same type of item​ (bottled water or canned​ food). What is the largest number of relief supplies that can be put in each​ box?

Answer 1

The largest number of relief supplies that can be put in each box is 75 bottles and 8 cans of food respectively.

How to find highest common factor

The factors of:

1350 = 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 15, 18, 25, 27, 30, 45, 50, 54, 75, 90, 135, 150, 225, 270, 450, 675 and 1350.

144 = 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 16, 18, 24, 36, 48, 72, and 144.

• The highest common factor of 1350 and 144 is 18

1350 bottles / 18

= 75 bottles per box

144 cans of food / 18

= 8 cans of food per box

So, there 18 boxes of items, each containing 75 bottles and 8 cans of food respectively.

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