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21 apples and 49 pears. What is the largest number of baskets to make and still use up all the fruit

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21 apples and 49 pears. What is the largest number of baskets to make and still use up all the fruit

We use our greatest common factor calculator for GCF(21, 49) to get:
GCF(21, 49) = 7

This means with 7 baskets:
  • We divide 21 apples by 7 to get 3 apples per basket
  • We divide 49 pears by 7 to get 7 pears per basket
 
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