Question

Beena baked a banana cake 14 cm long and a carrot cake 35cm long. She want to sell them in equal slices without any wastage . What should be the greatest size of each slice?

Answer 1

Answer:

7cm exactly

Step-by-step explanation:

We find HCF here,

Factorisation & Prime factorization (both methods)

35 = 5×7 = 5^1 × 7^1

14 = 2×7 =2^1 × 7^1

Common factors in both with less power,

HCF = 7