Question

Jenna collects stamps. She puts the same number of stamps on each page and then inserts each page into one of her two stamp books. One of her stamp books has a total of 840 stamps. The other has 1008. What is the largest number of stamps that Jenna could be putting on each page

Answer 1

168 is  the largest number of stamps that Jenna could be putting on each page

What is the Greatest Common Factor?

The greatest common factor (GCF or GCD or HCF) of a set of whole numbers is the largest positive integer that divides evenly into all numbers with zero remainder. For example, for the set of numbers 18, 30 and 42 the GCF = 6.

So the largest number of stamps that Jenna could be putting on each page

would be gcd of 1008 and 840.

840 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 5 x 7

1008 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 7.

∴ The Gcd = 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 7 = 168.

Hence 168 is  the largest number of stamps that Jenna could be putting on each page

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