GCF and LCM Practice

Two neon signs are turned on at the same time. Both signs blink as they are turned on. One sign blinks every 9 seconds. The other sign blinks every 15 seconds. In how many seconds will they blink together again?

• 48 seconds
• 45 seconds
• 16 seconds
• 8 seconds

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The school cafeteria serves tacos every sixth day and cheeseburgers every eight day. If tacos and cheeseburgers are both on today’s menu, how many days will it be before they are both on the menu again?

• 14 days
• 24 days
• 34 days
• 44 days

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Two clocks are turned on at the same time. One clock chimes every 15 minutes. The other clock chimes every 25 minutes. In how many minutes will they chime together?

• 55 minutes
• 25 minutes
• 60 minutes
• 75 minutes

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Henry and Margo both began traveling around a circular track. Henry is riding his bike, and Margo is walking. It takes Henry 7 minutes to make it all the way around, and Margo takes 12 minutes. How much time will pass until they meet at the starting line?

• 84 minutes
• 48 minutes
• 854 minutes
• 78 minutes

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Jenny goes to dance class every 6 days, karate class every 12 days, and to the library every 18 days. On December 1st she went to both classes and the library. On what date will she do both classes and go to the library?

• 24 days
• 36 days
• 42 days
• 52 days

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Peter has 18 oranges, 27 pears and 12 bananas. He wants to make fruit baskets with the same number of each fruit in each basket. What is the greatest number of fruit baskets he can make?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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Peter has 18 oranges, 27 pears and 12 bananas. He wants to make fruit baskets with the same number of each fruit in each basket. How many PEARS will be in the greatest number of fruit baskets?

• 7
• 8
• 9
• 10

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At the movie theater, they give out a free drink to every 75th customer and a free bag of popcorn to every 30th customer. Who is the first customer that is going to win both free items?

• 16th customer
• 150th customer
• 300th customer
• 180th customer

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Melanie has pieces of train track that are 8 inches long that she is connecting together to form a track that her train can travel on. Martin is also trying to construct a track for his train but is using track pieces that are 20 inches long. How long will the shortest track be if the track that Melanie builds ends up being the same length as Martin’s track?

• 10 inches
• 20 inches
• 30 inches
• 40 inches

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Is this question asking to find GCF or LCM?

• GCF
• LCM

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