Greatest Number Word Problems

Shannon is making identical balloon arrangements for a party. She has 32 maroon balloons, 24 white
balloons, and 16 orange balloons. She wants each arrangement to have the same number of each
color. What is the greatest number of arrangements that she can make if every balloon is used?

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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?

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There are 48 girls and 64 boys. 
The choir teacher plans to arrange the students in equal rows.
Only girls or boys will be in each row (no mixing of girls and boys in the same row). What is the greatest number of students that could be in each row?

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Kiara baked 30 oatmeal cookies and 48 chocolate chip cookies to package in plastic containers
for her teacher friends at school. She wants to divide the cookies into identical containers so that each
container has the same number of each kind of cookie. If she wants each container to have the
greatest number of cookies possible, how many plastic containers does she need?

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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. How many PEARS will be in the greatest number of fruit baskets?

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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 fruit baskets he can make?

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Ann wants to spend at most $8.50 on school supplies. She needs to purchase a binder (costs $6.89) and wants to spend the rest on pens, which cost $0.59 each. What is the greatest amount of pens can Ann buy?

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Wes wants to spend under $15 on lunch. He decides to buy pizza slices, which cost $2.50 each and a two liter soda which costs $1.75. What is the maximum number of pizza slices Wes can buy?

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