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11 August, 12:46

You fill bags with cookies to give your friends. You bake 45 chocolate chip cookies, 30 peanut butter cookies, and 15 oatmeal cookies. You want identical groups of cookies in each bag with no cookies left over. What is the greatest number of bags you can make?

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  1. 11 August, 16:19
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    The answer to your question is 15 bags.

    Step-by-step explanation:

    Data

    45 chocolate chip cookies

    30 peanut butter cookies

    15 oatmeal cookies

    Process

    1. - Calculate the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for the number of cookies.

    45 30 15 2

    45 15 15 3

    15 5 5 3

    5 5 5 5

    1 1 1

    GCF = 3 x 5 = 15

    2. - Conclusion

    I can make 15 bags of cookies with the following distribution

    Each bag will have - 3 chocolate chip cookies

    - 2 peanut butter cookies

    - 1 oatmeal cookie.
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