Jamie makes plates and bowls. She needs to ship 48 plates and 54 bowls to a store. She wants to ship the same number of items in each box. Plates and bowls are shipped separately. A. What is the greatest number of items she can ship in each box?

6

Step-by-step explanation:

Given, Jamie needs to ship 48 plates and 54 bowls to a store.

If she wants to ship the same number of items in each box such that plates and bowls are shipped separately. .

then the  greatest number of items she can ship in each box = GCD (48,54)

[GCD = Greatest common divisor]

Prime factorization of both numbers:

48 =  2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3

54 = 2 x 3 x 3 x 3

GCD (48,54)= 2 x 3 = 6

Hence, the greatest number of items she can ship in each box =6