Question

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You are making necklaces for your friends. You have 72 blue beads and 42 red beads. Each friend will receive an identical necklace, and all beads must be used.
What is the greatest number of friends who can receive a necklace? Explain your reasoning.
How many of each color bead will each friend receive on the necklace? Explain your reasoning.

Answer 1

Do you know what GCF is?

Answer 2

Greatest common factor.

Answer 3

So I am gonna use the method for this. what can make 72?

Answer 4

now do you wanna do 42?

Answer 5

I don't know how

Answer 6

just say "what can make up 42?" or in other words "What can go into 42?"

Answer 7

Here lets get you started. So can 1 go into 42?

Answer 8

(just divide)

Answer 9

like whats 42 divided by 1? is it a whole number?

Answer 10

I can see you are offline so its

Answer 11

thats part A

Answer 12

do you get it since I can see you're back now?

Answer 13

okay

Answer 14

Now at this part I'm gonna guess. so it asks how many of each color does each friend get. now 72 divided by 6 = 12 and 42 divided by 6 = 7. so I think there is six friends and each will get 12 blue beads and 7 red beads

Answer 15

but it makes sense, right? what do you think?