Herbey S.
asked • 09/07/17math question about lcm or GCF
There are 208 boys and 240 girls participating in a field day competition. What is the greatest number of teams that can be formed if all of the teams have the same number of girls and the same number of boys?
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Look at how they factor
208=2*2*2*2*13
240=2*2*2*2*3*5
What they have in common is 2*2*2*2=16
So, 16 teams, which works out to 13 boys and 15 girls on each.
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Mark M.
09/07/17