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11 months ago

You are making bouquets to sell. You have 60 roses, 84 daisies, and 24 lilies. Each bouquet will have the same number of each kind of flower. You want to use all of the flowers. What is the greatest number of bouquets you can make

You are making bouquets to sell. You have 60 roses, 84 daisies, and 24 lilies. Each bouquet will have the same number of each kind of flower. You want to use all of the flowers. What is the greatest number of bouquets you can make

Answer 1

it sounds like you should first try to find the Greatest Common Factor?

Answer 2

which is?

Answer 3

Well let's try to list out the factors of each number then to see :)

60: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, 30, 60
^
84: 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 12, 14, 21, 28, 42, 84
^
24: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24
^

so what do you think the Greatest Common Factor can be? :)

Answer 4

12? yes. that's what i thought!

Answer 5

Perfect!

That should get you your answer because it is the biggest Factor that they all have in common

if you want, you can divide each of the given numbers (60, 84, 24) by 12 to get the number of each type of flowers in one bouquet

but really the answer is just as simple as that: 12
^_^

Answer 6

Thanks for asking a Qualified Help Question
and I hope I helped ^_^
:3

Answer 7

thank u!

Answer 8

you are very welcome <3