SOLUTION: Students in an art class cut colored paper into​ equal-sized squares. The paper measures 21 cm by 63 cm and they do not want to waste any of it. What is the greatest possible
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Question 1094455: Students in an art class cut colored paper into equal-sized squares. The paper measures 21 cm by 63 cm and they do not want to waste any of it. What is the greatest possible side length for each square piece?
Answer by ikleyn(52810) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The greatest possible side length for each square piece is 7 cm.
The integer number 7 divides 21 and 63 without a remainder, and it is the greatest integer number with such a property.
It is the greatest common divisor of the numbers 21 and 63.
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