There are 18 boys and 24 girls on a swimming team. The instructor wants to divide them into groups of equal size with the greatest nunber of kids possible in each group. How many kids should be in each group?

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Makena Gonzalez

2 October, 21:53

There are 18 boys and 24 girls on a swimming team. The instructor wants to divide them into groups of equal size with the greatest nunber of kids possible in each group. How many kids should be in each group?

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Camron Cabrera · Answer 1

Put them in 2 teams. 18 boys so 9 in each group. 24 girls so 12 in each group.

Reina Cooke · Answer 2

21 kids

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Boys: 18

Girls: 24

18 + 24

= 30 + 12

= 42

42 kids total

If we divide by two we get an even number also since it is divisible by two that means we can have the greatest amount of kids there.

42 : 2

= 21

21 kids