GCF/LCM Word Problems

Sara 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

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

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.B.4

CCSS.6.RP.A.3

At Kentucky Fried Chicken, the kitchen staff baked 96 chicken legs and 144 thighs.  The staff had to prepare platters for an office lunch.  If each platter will have the same number of legs and thighs, what is the greatest number of platters they can make?

• 48
• 2
• 4
• 16

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.B.4

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

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.B.4

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

Tags

CCSS.4.MD.A.2

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

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.B.4

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

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.B.4

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

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.B.4

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

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.B.4

Lincoln Vitamin Shop sold equal quantities of Vitamin A and Vitamin D supplements this morning, even though the Vitamin A supplements come in packs of 4 and the Vitamin D supplements in packs of 15. What is the smallest number of each type that the store could have sold?

• 15
• 45
• 60
• 30

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.B.4