Question

three cans contain 12 liters, 16 liters and 24 liters of milk. A jug is filled with whole number of times from each cane. What is the greatest capacity of the jug.​

Answer 1

Answer:

I assume that each mug is full and there are no left overs.

Factor each can capacity and determine what is “common to all three:

12 = 2 x 2 x 3

16 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 2

24 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 3

2 x 2 is common to all three can capacities, therefore, 4 is the maximum mug size.