Greatest Number Word Problems

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?

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Lisa is making activity baskets to donate to charity. She has 12 coloring books and 36 crayons. What is the greatest number of baskets she can make if each type of toy is equally distributed among the baskets?

• 2 baskets

• 12 baskets

• 36 baskets

• 6 baskets

Kiara baked 12 oatmeal cookies and 16 chocolate chip cookies to package in containers for her friends. She wants to have the same amount of each cookie in each container. How many containers can she fill if she wants the greatest number of cookies possible?

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Sara has 12 apples and 18 oranges. She wants to divide them equally into baskets. What is the maximum number of baskets she can make?

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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 baskets

• 18 baskets

• 9 baskets

• 27 baskets

Ms. Anderson has 18 boys and 27 girls on the Spell Bowl team. She wants them to stand in equal rows for the group picture. Only boys or girls will be in each row. What is the greatest number of students that can stand in each row?

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Eason is making activity baskets to donate to charity. She has 12 coloring books and 36 crayons. What is the greatest number of baskets she can make if each type of toy is equally distributed among the baskets?

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Mrs. Paskins has 42 inches of purple ribbon and 18 inches of green ribbon. She needs to cut the ribbon into even pieces for an art project and doesn't want to have any left over. What is the greatest length of ribbon pieces that she could use?

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Maya and Evelyn are trying to split 12 apples and 18 oranges equally among themselves. What is the greatest number of fruits each can have without leaving any fruit?

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Jane has 18 juice boxes, 24 bags of peanuts and 36 apples.  She wants to make snack bags with the same number of each thing in each bag.  What is the greatest number of snack bags Jane can make.

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