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A teacher has 84 chocolates and 108 candies. She wants to distribute them equally among the maximum number of students so that each student gets the same number of chocolates and the same number of candies. Find the maximum number of students and how many chocolates and candies each will get.
Asked in SSC GD Constable · 2026
LCM and HCF · Quantitative Aptitude
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HCF: Prime Factorisation & Euclidean Algorithm has appeared in 47 previous-year exam questions, most frequently in UPSC, State PSC and SSC.
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