GCF and LCM Word Problems

Kaden 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 American football game. He also doesn't want to have any sodas left over. What is the greatest number of refreshment tables that Kaden can stock?

• GCF = 6 tables

• GCF = 3 tables

• GCF = 15 tables

• GCF = 5 tables

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CCSS.6.NS.B.4

At a family reunion, each of Saria’s aunts and uncles is getting photographed once. The aunts are taking pictures in groups of 5 and the uncles are taking pictures in groups of 10. If Saria has the same total number of aunts and uncles, what is the minimum number of aunts that Saira must have?

• LCM = 10 Aunts

• LCM = 15 Aunts

• LCM= 20 Aunts

• LCM= 5 Aunts

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CCSS.6.NS.B.4

Hazel and Isabella are shelving books at the Sheppard library Hazel shelves 5 books at a time, where as Isabella shelves 6 books at a time. If they end up shelving the same number of books, what is the smallest number of books each could have shelved.

• LCM= 15 Books

• LCM= 12 Books

• LCM = 30 Books

• LCM= 24 Books

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CCSS.6.NS.B.4

For a dinner party, Khoi is creating individual servings of starters. She has 9 carrot sticks and 18 celery sticks. If she wants each sering to be identical, with no food left over, what is the greatest number of servings Khoi can create?

• GCF= 36

• GCF= 18

• GCF= 27

• GCF= 9

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CCSS.6.NS.B.4

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

• GCF= 6 Envelopes

• GCF= 12 Envelopes

• GCF= 18 Envelopes

• GCF= 24 Envelopes

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CCSS.6.NS.B.4

Maybelline and Kimberly ended up making the same number of biscuits for a bake sale at Sheppard, even though Maybelline made them in batches of 7 biscuits and Kimberly baked them in batches of 11 biscuits. What is the smallest number of biscuits each must have baked?

• LCM= 70 Biscuits

• LCM = 77 Biscuits

• LCM = 112 Biscuits

• LCM= 24 Biscuits

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CCSS.6.NS.B.4

Victoria is making emergency kits to share with Sheppard. She has 20 bottles of water and 12 cans of food, which she would like to districte equally among kits, with nothing left over. What is the greatest number of kits Victoria can make?

• GCF = 8 Kites

• GCF = 2 Kites

• GCF= 4 Kites

• GCF= 12 Kites

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CCSS.6.NS.B.4

Sunny has 16 blue marbles and 8 white ones. If he wants to place them in identical groups without any marbles left over, what is the greatest number of groups Sunny can make?

• GCF= 4 Groups

• GCF= 16 Groups

• GCF= 8 Groups

• GCF= 12 Groups

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CCSS.6.NS.B.4

The soccer team and the football team are sharing the field for their practices today. The soccer team meets for practice every 2 days, and the football team meets every 4 days. How many days from now will they have to share the field again?

• 4 days

• 2 days

• 8 days

• 16 days

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CCSS.6.NS.B.4

This afternoon, Sean noticed that the number of the page assigned for homework is divisible by both 12 and 2. What is the smallest possible page number that could have been assigned?

• LCM= 2

• LCM= 12

• LCM= 10

• LCM=6

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CCSS.6.NS.B.4