GCF Word Problems

Peter has 18 oranges and 27 pears.  He wants to make fruit baskets with the same number of each fruit in each basket.  What is the greatest number of baskets he can make? 

• 3
• 18
• 9
• 27

Miss Friedman is planning a surprise birthday party for Miss Pabon. Miss Friedman is trying to make party favors for all her guests and wants no left overs. She has 18 party hats and 24 noise makers. How many party favors can she make?

• 6 party favors with 18 hats and 24 noise makers

• 6 party favors with 3 hats and 4 noise makers

• 6 party favors with 2 hats and 2 noise makers

• 24 party favors with 18 hats and 18 noise makers

At Kentucky Fried Chicken, the kitchen staff baked 96 chicken legs and 144 thighs.  The staff had to prepare platters for an office lunch.  If each platter will have the same number of legs and thighs, what is the greatest number of platters they can make?

• 48
• 2
• 4
• 16

Maya had 16 red flowers and 24 yellow flowers. She wants to make bouquets with the same number of each color flower in each bouquet. What is the greatest number of bouquets that she can make? How many red flowers will be in each?

• 4 bouquets with 6 red flowers

• 4 bouquets with 2 red flowers

• 8 bouquets with 8 red flowers

• 8 bouquets with 2 red flowers

Mrs. McCary has 120 crayons and 30 pieces of paper to give to her students. What is the largest number of students she can have in her class so that each student gets equal number of crayons and equal number of sheets of paper?

Javier has just moved to a new town and wants to share plates of baked goods with his neighbors. He has 40 cookies and 15 brownies to share, and wants to split them equally among the plates with no food left over. What is the greatest number of plates he can make to share?

There are 40 girls and 32 boys who want to participate in 6th grade intramurals. If each team must

have the same number of girls and the same number of boys. What is the greatest number of teams that can participate in intramurals? How many girls will be on each team?

• 6 teams with 10 girls

• 4 teams with 10 girls

• 4 teams with 8 girls

• 2 teams with 10 girls

Maya had 16 red flowers and 24 yellow flowers.  She wants to make bouquets with the same number of each color flower in each bouquet.  What is the greatest number of bouquets that she can make?

• 4
• 2
• 48
• 8

A choir teacher is dividing 20 sopranos and 8 altos into singing groups. He wants each group to have the same combination of sopranos and altos, with no singers left over. What is the greatest number of groups he can make?

• 4

• 2

• 8

• 10

Grace has collected 18 U.S. stamps and 8 international stamps. She wants to display them in identical groups of U.S. and international stamps, with no stamps left over. What is the greatest number of groups Grace can display them in?

• 2

• 4

• 8

• 10