A teacher is making gift bags. Each bag is to be filled with pencils and stickers. The teacher has 24 pencils and 36 stickers to use. Each bag will have the same number of each item, with no items left over. For example, she could make 2 bags with 12 pencils and 18 stickers each. What are the other possibilities? Explain or show your reasoning.
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Well, there are are many possibilities since the no. of children isn't mentioned.
24 and 36 comes in many times table so.. here is your answer!
Step-by-step explanation:
The teacher can make 3 bags with 8 pencils and 12 stickers. (24÷3, 36÷3)
Also, she can make 4 bags with 6 pencils and 9 stickers. (24÷4, 36÷4)
Or she can make 6 bags with 4 pencils and 6 stickers. (24÷6, 36÷6)
She can make a single bag with 24 pencils and 36 stickers. (24÷1, 36÷1)
I hope it helped you! Best of luck
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