Todd & Elizabeth are making treat bags for the hospital volunteers. They have baked 56 shortbread cookies and 84 lemon bars. What is the greatest number of bags they can make if all volunteers receive identical treat bags? How many cookies and how many lemon bars will each bag contain?

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Todd & Elizabeth are making treat bags for the hospital volunteers. They have baked 56 shortbread cookies and 84 lemon bars. What is the greatest  number of bags they can make if all volunteers receive identical treat bags? How many cookies and how many lemon bars will each bag contain?

baldymcgee6 · Answer

Are you allowed to cut the cookies and lemon bars in halfs or quarters? :)

anonymous · Answer

no

baldymcgee6 · Answer

okay, if we have 56 cookies and 84 lemon bars, then the maximum amount of treat bags we can make, where each bag contains the same item is 84. if we put 84 lemon bars into each bag and 0 cookies.

anonymous · Answer

but the first question says, what is the greatest number of bags they can make if all volunteers receive identical treat bags

baldymcgee6 · Answer

the greatest number of bags they can make so that each on eis identical is 84

anonymous · Answer

that's wrong

baldymcgee6 · Answer

No, it's right.

baldymcgee6 · Answer

If you think it's wrong, prove it to me.

baldymcgee6 · Answer

What do you think the answer is then?

anonymous · Answer

The right answer is 28 bags. And there can be 2 cookies and 3 lemon bars in each bag

baldymcgee6 · Answer

$$84 > 28$$

baldymcgee6 · Answer

Believe me, it's 84.

baldymcgee6 · Answer

@Twinklestar you're welcome.

anonymous · Answer

it's not 84

anonymous · Answer

it's 28

baldymcgee6 · Answer

@Twinklestar, what is a bigger number, 28 or 84? Why couldn't you make 84 bags instead?

anonymous · Answer

on how many bags I got 14. HELP