Question

A warehouse has three shelves that can hold 8, 12, or 16 skateboards. Each shelf has sections holding the same number of skateboards. what is the greatest number of skateboards that can be put in a section?

Answer 1

The greatest number of skateboards that can be stored would be the number that is the highest common factor of 8, 12, and 16

Factors of 8 = 1, 2, 4, 8
Factors of 12 = 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12
Factors of 16 = 1, 2, 4, 8, 16

The highest common factor  = 4

Hence, the greatest numbers of skateboard that can be stored in each section is 4