How Many Baseball Cards Could Each Person Have Received at the Stadium?

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The discussion centers on a problem involving the distribution of baseball cards at a minor league stadium, where one group received 28 cards and another received 68 cards. The total number of cards distributed was 96. The greatest common divisor (GCD) of these numbers was calculated to determine the maximum number of cards each person could receive, which is 4. The conclusion is that each person entering the stadium received 4 baseball cards, despite concerns about the clarity of the question and the complexity of word problems.

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On a Saturday, a minor league baseball team gave away baseball cards to each person entering the stadium. One group received 28 baseball cards. A second group received 68 baseball cards. If each person entering the stadium received the same number of cards. What was the greatest possible number of baseball cards that each person could have received?

My Work:

Goup A = 28 cards

Group B = 68 cards

Group A + Group B = 96 cards

I asked myself: What is the biggest number that evenly divides 28, 68, and 96?

The answer is 4. So, each person received 4 cards.

Right?
 
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Why do you think it might be wrong?
 
greg1313 said:
Why do you think it might be wrong?

Two reasons why I think my answer may be wrong:

1. I am horrible in terms of word problems.

2. The question is not worded clearly.
 

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