Zayed is helping his classmates get ready for their math test by making them identical packages of pencils and erasers. He has 72 pencils and 24 erasers and he must use all of the pencils and erasers. If dated creates the greatest number of identical packages possible, how many pencils would be in each package?
since there are only 24 erasers and the packages have to be all the same, the greatest number of packages that can be made are 24. then you have to divide 72 into 24 to get an equal amount in each package.
