LCM/GCF Word Problems

Kamal has 6 cans of regular soda and 15 cans of diet soda. He wants to create some identical refreshment tables that will operate during the football game. He doesn't want to have any sodas left over. What is the greatest number of refreshment tables that Kamal can stock?

• This is a GCF problem

• This is an LCM problem

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.B.4

What is the number answer for Problem 1?

• 3

• 6

• 15

• 30

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CCSS.3.OA.A.3

CCSS.3.OA.C.7

Sapphire and Abe are shelving books at a public library. Sapphire shelves 5 books at a time, while Abe shelves 6 at a time. If they end up shelving the same number of books, what is the smallest number of books each could have shelved

• This is a GCF problem

• This is an LCM problem

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CCSS.6.NS.B.4

What is the number answer for Problem 3?

• 1

• 5

• 6

• 30

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CCSS.6.EE.B.5

To encourage public transportation, Russ wants to give some friends envelopes with bus tickets and subway tickets in them. If he has 18 bus tickets and 12 subway tickets to split equally among the envelopes, and wants no tickets left over, what is the greatest number of envelopes Russ can make?

• 2

• 3

• 6

• 12

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CCSS.6.NS.B.4

Pencils come in packages of 10. Erasers come in packages of 12. Phillip wants to purchase the smallest number of pencils and erasers so that he will have exactly 1 eraser per pencil. How many packages of pencils and erasers should Phillip buy?

• 4 packs of pencils / 3 packs of erasers

• 5 packs of pencils / 4 packs of erasers

• 6 packs of pencils / 5 packs of erasers

• 12 packs of pencils / 10 packs of erasers

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CCSS.6.RP.A.1

CCSS.6.RP.A.3

CCSS.6.EE.B.7

There are 48 girls and 64 boys in choir. The choir teacher plans to arrange the students in equal rows. Only girls or boys will be in each row. What is the greatest number of students that could be in each row?

• 16

• 12

• 8

• 4

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CCSS.6.NS.B.4

There are 40 girls and 32 boys who want to participate in 6th grade club sports. If each team must have the same number of girls and the same number of boys, how many girls and boys will be on each team?

• 8 girls and 8 boys

• 5 girls and 4 boys

• 4 girls and 5 boys

• 16 girls and 20 boys

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CCSS.6.RP.A.1

CCSS.6.RP.A.3

Hot dogs come in packages of 8. Hot dog buns come in packages of 12. If Grace wants to have enough to serve 24 people and have none left over, how many packages of hot dogs and hot dog buns should she purchase?

• 3 packs of hot dogs / 3 packs of buns

• 6 packs of hot dogs / 8 packs of buns

• 2 packs of hot dogs / 3 packs of buns

• 3 packs of hot dogs / 2 packs of buns

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.1

CCSS.6.RP.A.3

Shannon is making identical balloon arrangements for a party. She has 32 maroon balloons, 24 white balloons, and 16 orange balloons. She wants each arrangement to have the same number of each color. What is the most arrangements that she can make if every balloon is used?

• 16

• 8

• 4

• 2

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CCSS.6.NS.B.4