SOLUTION: Lydia collects shells. She has 40 sea snail shells, 32 conch shells, and 16 scallop shells. She wants to display the shells in equal rows, with only one type of shell in each row.

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Question 1176039: Lydia collects shells. She has 40 sea snail shells, 32 conch shells, and 16 scallop shells. She wants to display the shells in equal rows, with only one type of shell in each row.

What is the greatest number of shells Lydia can put in each row?

Answer by ikleyn(52775) About Me  (Show Source):
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8 (eight).

Which is totally obvious.


In Math language,  8  is the  Greatest  Common  Divisor  (GCD)  of numbers  40,  32  and  16.