GCF and LCM Word Problems

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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Miss Friedman is planning a surprise birthday party for Miss Pabon. Miss Friedman is trying to make party favors for all her guests and wants no left overs. She has 18 party hats and 24 noise makers. How many party favors can she make?

• 6 party favors with 18 hats and 24 noise makers

• 6 party favors with 3 hats and 4 noise makers

• 6 party favors with 2 hats and 2 noise makers

• 24 party favors with 18 hats and 18 noise makers

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

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

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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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Cups are sold 5 to a package and plates are sold 10 to a package. If you want to have the same number of each item for a party, what is the least number of packages of each you need to buy?

• 30
• 20
• 50
• 10

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3

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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Lisa is making activity baskets to donate to charity.  She has 12 coloring books and 36 crayons.  What is the greatest number of baskets she can make if each type of toy is equally distributed among the baskets?

• 2
• 12
• 36
• 6

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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 greatest number of arrangements that she can make if every balloon is used?

• 6
• 2
• 4
• 8

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Jane has 18 juice boxes, 24 bags of peanuts and 36 apples.  She wants to make snack bags with the same number of each thing in each bag.  What is the greatest number of snack bags Jane can make.

• 4
• 6
• 8
• 10

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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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