Candice wants to create snack bags for a trip she is going on. She has 12 granola bars and 9 pieces of dried fruit. If the snack bags should be identical without any food left over, what is the greatest number of snack bags Candice can make?___ bags
Q. Candice wants to create snack bags for a trip she is going on. She has 12 granola bars and 9 pieces of dried fruit. If the snack bags should be identical without any food left over, what is the greatest number of snack bags Candice can make?___ bags
Identify Need: Identify the need to find the greatest common divisor (GCD) to determine the maximum number of identical snack bags.
List Factors: List the factors of 12 and 9 to find the GCD.12: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 129: 1, 3, 9Common factors are 1 and 3.
Find GCD: The greatest common factor of 12 and 9 is 3. This means Candice can make 3 snack bags.