Vincent has 12 jars of grape jam, 16 jars of strawberry jam, and 24 jars of raspberry jam. He wants to

place the jam into the greatest possible number of boxes so that each box has the same number of jars

of each kind of jam. How many boxes does he need? GCF or LCM. How do you know?

This question is to be solved using the method of Greatest Common Factor (GCF). This is because the question asked us to find the greatest possible number of boxes so that each box has the same number of jars

Vincent has 12 jars of grape jam, 16 jars of strawberry jam, and 24 jars of raspberry jam.

Using the Greatest Common Factor method, the first step would be to determine the factors of 12, 16 and 24

The factors of 12 are: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12

The factors of 16 are: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16

The factors of 24 are: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24

Then the greatest common factor is given as: 4.

Therefore, the number of boxes that he needs is 4 boxes

Vincent has 12 jars of grape jam, 16 jars of strawberry jam, and 24 jars of raspberry jam. He wants to place the jam into the greatest possible number of boxes so that each box has the same number of jars of each kind of jam. How many boxes does he need? GCF or LCM. How do you know?

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Vincent has 12 jars of grape jam, 16 jars of strawberry jam, and 24 jars of raspberry jam. He wants to

place the jam into the greatest possible number of boxes so that each box has the same number of jars

of each kind of jam. How many boxes does he need? GCF or LCM. How do you know?