Claire bought 180 candies and 140 pens for goody bags for her birthday. What is the largest number of goody bags that Claire can make so that each goody bag has the same number of candies and the same number of pens? (All candies and pens should be used.)
We want the greatest common factor of 180 and 140. When we run GCF(180,140) in our calculator, we get 20.
We divide our total candies and total pens by our GCF. So each bag has the following:
Candies: 180/20 = 9 candies
Pens: 140/20 = 7 pens
We want the greatest common factor of 180 and 140. When we run GCF(180,140) in our calculator, we get 20.
We divide our total candies and total pens by our GCF. So each bag has the following:
Candies: 180/20 = 9 candies
Pens: 140/20 = 7 pens