Grouping Students Using Highest Common Factor (HCF)

Grouping Students Using Highest Common Factor (HCF)

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\(144\) boys and \(264\) girls are going to visit the old folks’ home as part of their service learning programme. The boys and girls are divided into groups, such that each group has the same number of boys and the same number of girls.

  1. What is the largest number of groups that can be formed?
  2. How many boys and girls are there in each group?

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Answer:(a) \(24\) groups (b) \(6\) boys and \(11\) girls per group

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