Suppose a store owner has 7368 apples and 10000 oranges and wants to package them into identical fruit baskets so that every basket contains an equal number of each item without leaving any remainder. What is the maximum number of identical fruit baskets that can be made, and how many of each item will be in each basket?
GCD Problem and Solution:
step 1 Address the method, input parameters and values:
Integers: 7368, 10000
Find GCD(7368 and 10000) = ?
step 2 Find the prime factors of all integers in the group:
7368 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 307
10000 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 5 x 5 x 5 x 5
step 3 Identify the common prime factors:
The common prime factors shared by all integers (7368, 10000) are: 2 × 2 × 2.
step 4 Multiply the common prime factors to find the greatest common factor:
GCD(7368, 10000) = 2 × 2 × 2 = 8.
step 5 Real-world conclusion:
The maximum number of identical fruit baskets that can be made is 8.
Each basket will contain 921 apples and 1250 oranges.
GCD(7368, 10000) = 8
