What is the amount of cans of juice and popscicles will each student recieve?

Question

The sixth grade is having a picnic and asked the parents to donate supplies. Bretts' parents donated 48 cans of juice and 144 popscicles. Each student is to recieve the same number of cans of juice and the same number of popscicles. What is the largest number of students that can go to the picnic and share food equally? How many cans of juice and how many popscicles will each student recieve?

Answer 1

48 students would each receive one can of juice and three popsicles. There can be no more than 48 students because there are only 48 cans of juice and the minimum handout is one can per student. 3×48=144 (in other words, 48 is the greatest common factor).