Question

Ellaine has a rectangular gift wrapper that measure 30 cm by 25 cm.She wants to cut it into square sheets of same size to be used in her album. What is the posibble measure of a square sheet sidewhich will not have a leftover?

Answer 1

Given:

• Length of the wrapper = 30 cm
• Breadth of the wrapper = 25 cm

To Find:

• What is the possible measure of a square sheet sidewhich will not have a leftover?

Solution:

Here,it is given that length of the gift wrapper is 30cm and breadth of the gift wrapper is 25 cm.Now,we will find HCF of the length and breadth of the gift wrapper.It is the possible measure of a square sheet.

30= 5×3×2

25=5×5

Common factor = 5

HCF = 5

Length of one side of the square piece = 5 cm.

Hence,the possible length of one side of the square will be 5 cm.