Question

A sweet seller prepares 396 gulabjamuns and 342 rasgullas.he packs them in containers . Each container consists of either gulab jamun or rasgullas but have equal number of pieces.find number of pieces he should put in each box so that the number of boxes are least

Answer 1

Since number of boxes has to be least, we need to ensure that number of pieces in each box is maximum.

I think the question is asking you to calculate the hcf of 396 and 342, which is 18.

Hence the answer should be 18.