A teacher is placing counters in bags and for students in bags for students. There are 24 blue counters and 56 yellow counters each bag needs to have the same number of counters and each bag can only contain one color how many counters should the teacher place in each bag and how many bags of each color will there be?

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Kamari Hull

Mathematics

5 June, 00:48

A teacher is placing counters in bags and for students in bags for students. There are 24 blue counters and 56 yellow counters each bag needs to have the same number of counters and each bag can only contain one color how many counters should the teacher place in each bag and how many bags of each color will there be?

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Gibson · Answer 1

24 blue counters ... 56 yellow counters

8 counters per bag

24/8 = 3 blue bags

56/8 = 7 yellow bags

OR

4 counters per bag

24/4 = 6 blue bags

56/4 = 14 yellow bags

OR

2 counters per bag

24/2 = 12 blue bags

56/2 = 28 yellow bags