Colton has 16 blue marbles and 8 white ones.if he wants to place them in identical groups without any marbles left over what is the greatest number of groups colton can make
For blue marbles: 16 = 8 * 2 ( 8 groups with 2 marbles in everyone of them ) For white marbles: 8 = 4 * 2 ( 4 groups with 2 ) 8 + 4 = 12 Answer: The greatest number of groups Colton can make is 12.
