PSLE
Mrs Ang wanted to divide 80 boys and 64 girls equally into as many teams as possible. Each team had the same number of children. The number of girls in each team was the same. How many girls were there in each team?
Factors of 80: 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 40, 80
Factors of 64: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64
Maximum number of teams
= Highest common factor of 80 and 64
= 16
Number of boys in each team
= 80 ÷ 16
= 5
Answer(s): 5