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

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A minor league baseball team distributed baseball cards to attendees, with one group receiving 28 cards and another 68 cards. The total number of cards given away was 96. The greatest number of cards that could be evenly distributed to each person is determined to be 4. Concerns were raised about the clarity of the question and the difficulty of solving word problems. The discussion highlights the importance of clear wording in mathematical 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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