A farmer harvested 100kg of millet and 56kg of maize. He wants to pour them into containers of equal mass. What is the greatest mass of a container he can have?

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A farmer harvested 100kg of millet and 56kg of maize. He wants to pour them into containers of equal mass. What is the greatest mass of a container he can have?

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100 kg100 \text{ kg}

Step 1: Identify the given information.

The farmer harvested wheat and maize of equal mass.

Mass of wheat = 100100 kg.

Step 2: Set up the equality.

mwheat=mmaizem_wheat = m_maize

Substitute the known value:

mmaize=100 kgm_maize = 100~kg

Step 3: Determine the greatest mass of maize that can be poured into the container.

The farmer has 100100 kg of maize available, so the greatest mass is all of it.

100kg\boxed{100 kg}

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