Answer: There are 4 groups of pencils , 5 groups of erasers , 8 groups of paper clips.
Step-by-step explanation:
Since we have given that
Number of pencils = 20
Number of erasers = 25
Number of paper clips = 40
Now, we want to organize them into groups with the same number of items in each group and all the items in a group will be the same type.
Since, the common factor of 20,25,40 is 5 only.
So, Number of items in each group is given by
[tex]\text{ Number of pencils in each group}=\frac{20}{5}=4\\\\\text{ Number of erasers in each group }=\frac{25}{5}=5\\\\\text{ Number of paper clips in each group}=\frac{40}{5}=8[/tex]
Hence ,
There are 4 groups of pencils , 5 groups of erasers , 8 groups of paper clips.
