SOLUTION: a food drive takes in a total of 63 cans of soup, 45 loaves of bread, 72 cans of spaghetti sauce, and 36 boxes of spaghetti. what is the greatest number of identical care packages

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Question 522443: a food drive takes in a total of 63 cans of soup, 45 loaves of bread, 72 cans of spaghetti sauce, and 36 boxes of spaghetti. what is the greatest number of identical care packages that can be put together from the items obtained.
Answer by richwmiller(17219)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hint: All the numbers are multiples of nine.
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