pooja333222 Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Company H distributed $4000 and 180 pencils evenly among its employees, with each employee getting an equal integer number of dollars and an equal integer number of pencils. What is the greatest number of employees that could work for company H ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YaSvoboden Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 This is all about prime factorization. 4000 = 2*2*2*2*2*5*5*5 180 = 3*3*2*2*5 So the largest number that can divide evenly into both numbers is 2*2*5, or 20. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooja333222 Posted October 26, 2016 Author Share Posted October 26, 2016 This is all about prime factorization. 4000 = 2*2*2*2*2*5*5*5 180 = 3*3*2*2*5 So the largest number that can divide evenly into both numbers is 2*2*5, or 20. Thankyou Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brent Hanneson Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 Another way to state this question is: What is the greatest common factor of 4000 and 180? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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