Meena wants to arrange 40 red roses and 60 white roses into bouquets. Each bouquet must have the same number of red roses and the same number of white roses, using all the flowers. What is the largest number of bouquets she can make?

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20. Largest number of equal bouquets = HCF(40,60). 40 = 2^3x5, 60 = 2^2x3x5, HCF = 2^2x5 = 20.

Meena wants to arrange 40 red roses and 60 white roses into bouquets.
Each bouquet must have the same number of red roses and the same number of white roses, using all the flowers.
What is the largest number of bouquets she can make?

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Meena wants to arrange 40 red roses and 60 white roses into bouquets.Each bouquet must have the same number of red roses and the same number of white roses, using all the flowers.What is the largest number of bouquets she can make?

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More Class 6 HCF and LCM practice

Meena wants to arrange 40 red roses and 60 white roses into bouquets.
Each bouquet must have the same number of red roses and the same number of white roses, using all the flowers.
What is the largest number of bouquets she can make?