help with problem on GCF or LCM

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I can't figure this out and neither can my son. Two people go hiking. They decide to pack snack bags for their friends. They have 36 candy bars and 118 peanuts. they want the same amount of each snack in all of the bags. What is the greatest number of snack bags they can make and how many candy bars and peanuts will be in each bag? I think you are supposed to use the GCF or the LCM.

Thanks

 

[Deleted member 4993]

I can't figure this out and neither can my son. Two people go hiking. They decide to pack snack bags for their friends. They have 36 candy bars and 118 peanuts. they want the same amount of each snack in all of the bags. What is the greatest number of snack bags they can make and how many candy bars and peanuts will be in each bag? I think you are supposed to use the GCF or the LCM.

Thanks

GCF = Greatest Common Factor

LCM = Least Common Multiple

36 = 2 * 2 * 3 * 3

118 = 2 * 59

How many bags - do you see - that can have equal candies and equal peanuts?