a guy just making bags of candy for the school they have 96. Candies 72 blue candies and a 48 yellow candies what is the number of a they can make it be if each bag has the same contents

Answer 1

This is a Greatest Common Factor word problem. The key words here are "each bag has the same contents." There are a few methods to solve for GCF with the easiest being the Ladder/Upside Down Cake method.

2 / 72 48

2 / 36 24

2 / 18 12

3 / 9 6

3 2

Divide 72 and 48 by 2 to get the next step on the ladder. Then divide 36 and 24 by 2 to keep going until you end up with numbers that have no factors in common besides 1. Multiply the numbers on the left side to get your answer (2 x 2 x 2 x 3 =24). You can make 24 bags each with 3 blue candies and 2 yellow candies.