Question

A trophy case at Riverside Middle School holds 18 baseball
trophies and 24 soccer trophies. All shelves hold the same
number of trophies. Only one sport is represented on each shelf.
What is the greatest number of trophies that can be on each
shell How many shelves are there for each sport?

Answer 1

Each shelf has 3 trophies, because both numbers are divisible by 3. Therefore, there are 6 shelves for baseball and 8 shelves for soccer