Shakira is baking cookies to put in packages for a fundraiser. Shakira has made 868686 chocolate chip cookies and 424242 sugar cookies. Shakira wants to create identical packages of cookies to sell, and she must use all of the cookies. What is the greatest number of identical packages that Shaquira can make?
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Step-by-step explanation:
86 = 2 x 43
42 = 2 x 3 x 7
Find the HCF:
HCF = 2
Find the number of cookies in each package:
chocolate cookies = 86 ÷ 2 = 43
Sugar cookies = 42 ÷ 2 = 21
Answer: 2 identical package with 43 chocolate cookies and 21 sugar cookies.
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