I want to plant 45 sunflower plants, 81 corn plants and 63 tomato plants in my garden. If I put the same number of plants in each row and each row has only one type of plant, what is the greatest number of plants I can put in one row?
Here is what I think
Factors of 45: 1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 45 81: 1, 3, 9, 27, 81 63: 1, 3, 7, 9, 21, 63
I can put 9 in each row
Is the answer 9 or not?
Corn plants has the greatest number of plants that can be put in one row that is 27. does this help or do you need something else?
45 = 3^2 * 5
81 = 3^4
63 = 3^2 * 7
GCD = 3^2 = 9
oh but yeah i believe yes for it being 9
To determine the greatest number of plants you can put in one row, we need to find the common factors of 45, 81, and 63.
From your calculations, we see that the only common factor among the three numbers is 9. This means that you can put a maximum of 9 plants in one row.
Therefore, your answer of 9 is correct!