LCM and GCF Problem Solving

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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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 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
• 3  seconds

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Lisa is making activity baskets to donate to charity. She has 12 coloring books and 36 crayons. If she makes the greatest number of baskets possible, how many coloring books will be in each basket?

• 1

• 6

• 12

• 36

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

• 3
• 18
• 9
• 27

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Jeremy has two pieces of wood:  one is 90 inches and the other is 72 inches. He wants to cut both pieces into smaller pieces of the same length.  What is the longest possible length he can cut and not have any lumber left over?

• 9
• 2
• 18
• 72

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There are 40 girls and 32 boys who want to participate in 6th grade intramurals. Each team must have the same number of girls and the same number of boys. If you make the greatest number of teams possible, how many students will be on each team?

• 2

• 8

• 9

• 12

Kiara baked 30 oatmeal cookies and 48 chocolate chip cookies to package in plastic containers for her teacher friends at school. She wants to divide the cookies into identical containers so that each container has the same number of each kind of cookie. If she wants each container to have the greatest number of cookies possible, how many oatmeal cookies will be in each container?

• 2

• 5

• 6

• 8

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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Maya had 16 red flowers and 24 yellow flowers.  She wants to make bouquets with the same number of each color flower in each bouquet.  What is the greatest number of bouquets that she can make?

• 4
• 2
• 48
• 8

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