Question

Micah has 30 brownies and 42 cupcakes to package. He wants to put the same number of brownies and cupcakes in each package. What is the greatest number of boxes he can make and how many brownies and cupcakes go into a package?

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Answer 1

7 packages will have 6 cupcakes each and the for 5 of the packages there will be 6 cupcakes in them.

Answer 2

He wants the greatest amount of boxes with the same number of brownies and cupcakes in each package.

First, place brownies and cupcakes into a fraction. Then simplify it.

30/42 = 5/7

You divided 6 from each side, so:

The greatest amount of boxes is 6, with 5 brownies and 7 cupcakes going into each one.

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