] I 1 ! 1 1 2 5 7 I Find the GCF: Ladder Method Read the word problem. Find a number that will evenly divide into both numbers. Write that number on the left side of the "ladder rung" and divide each number by your chosen factor. Repeat the process until the only common factor is "1". Don't forget to write your answer in a complete sentence. 1) Ms. Soto has 15 boys and 10 girls in her class and would like to arrange their desks so that there are only boys or girls in each row. If there are the same number of students in each row, what is the largest row Ms. Soto can make? Answer