SOLUTION: There are 60 boys and 72 girls in a school. The principal wants to divide the students into gender-specific groups (all boys or all girls) of the largest possible size. Each group

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Question 1072261: There are 60 boys and 72 girls in a school. The principal wants to divide the students into gender-specific groups (all boys or all girls) of the largest possible size. Each group needs to have the same number of students. What is the correct size of each group?
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Greatest common factor of 60 and 72


60=2%2A30=3%2A20=4%2A15=5%2Ahighlight_green%2812%29=6%2A10,

72=2%2A36=3%2A24=4%2A18=6%2Ahighlight_green%2812%29=8%2A9


Groups of 12.