Question

Lenin is preparing dinner plates. He has 12 pieces of chicken and 16 rolls. If he
wants to make all the plates identical without any food left over, what is the greatest
number of plates Lenin can prepare ?​

Answer 1

Answer:

4 plates of  3 pieces of chicken and 4 rolls.

Step-by-step explanation:

let us take 'x' as pieces of chicken and 'I' as rolls.

then;

x  x  x  x  x  x  x  x  x  x  x  x   (12)

and

I  I  I  I  I  I  I  I  I  I  I  I  I  I  I  I      (16)

then when you group them you will get:

I  I  I  I  - x  x  x as group 1 ;

I  I  I  I  - x  x  x as group 2 ;

I  I  I  I  - x  x  x as group 3 ;

I  I  I  I  - x  x  x as group 14;

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you can also use the method of finding lcm

2|12,16

2|6,8

  3,4

the 2 ,2s on the left represent the no. of plates( 2*2); and the 3 represents the chicken and 4 represents the rolls.

Answer 2

Answer:

4

Step-by-step explanation:

12=2x2x3

16=2x2x2x2

2x2=4