Problema Solution
Roberta is making gift bags for the homeless shelter she has 36 bars of soap and 24 bottles of lotion to put into the gift bags. How many bags can she make if she plans to use all the bars of soap and bottles of lotion with none left over? Please explain how to solve the problem.
Answer provided by our tutors
The greatest common factor for 36 and 24 is 12:
This means that Roberta can make 12 bags at most and use all the bars of soap and bottles of lotion.