What is 4x-24=12 solve for x and the answer as to be a whole number

Can someone me out here and the tell me the greatest common factor

Ametal rod needs to be 9 feet and 5.5 inches in length. the sections of the poles being used are each 1 foot and 10.5 inches long. how many 1ft 10.5in sections would be needed to complete the 9ft 5.5in metal rod? and how many inches of material will be left?

From a party ,lori made a fruit punch from 1 gallon of orange juice ,2 quarts of grape juice,5 pints of pineapple juice,and 12 cups of cranbarry juice order the juice from least to greatest amount used in the fruit punch