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A teacher has 30 pens and 45 pencils, that he wants to give to his students...

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A teacher has 30 pens and 45 pencils, that he wants to give to his students. If every student were to receive an equal number of pens and an equal number of pencils (with none left over), what is the maximum number of students that he could have?

posted Sep 3, 2015 by Upma

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15 students
using gcf of 30 and 45

answer Sep 3, 2015 by Justine Mtafungwa
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15 students in totall

answer Sep 4, 2015 by Nic Franken



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