SOLUTION: A holiday toy drive is putting together baskets for children. There are 84 toys and 56 books. If each basket will receive the same number of toys and books, then how many baskets c

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Question 1092792: A holiday toy drive is putting together baskets for children. There are 84 toys and 56 books. If each basket will receive the same number of toys and books, then how many baskets can be made?

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There are 84 toys and 56 books.
If each basket will receive the same number of toys and books, then how many baskets can be made?
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Find the greatest common factor of 84 and 56, that would be 28
28 divides into 84 3 times
28 divides into 56 2 times
therefore 28 baskets can be made using all the toys and books
Each basket contains 3 toys and 2 books