GCF and LCM Word Problems

Kiara baked 30 oatmeal cookies and 48 chocolate chip cookies to package in plastic containers for her 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 plastic containers does she need? Is this an LCM or GCF Problem?

• GCF

• LCM

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.B.4

Kiara baked 30 oatmeal cookies and 48 chocolate chip cookies to package in plastic containers for her 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 plastic containers does she need?

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.B.2

CCSS.6.NS.B.4

Boxes that are 12 inches tall are being stacked next to boxes that are 18 inches tall. What is the shortest height at which the two stacks will be the same height? Is this a GCF or LCM problem?

• GCF

• LCM

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.B.4

Boxes that are 12 inches tall are being stacked next to boxes that are 18 inches tall. What is the shortest height at which the two stacks will be the same height?

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.4

CCSS.6.EE.B.6

CCSS.6.EE.B.7

Beginning at 8:30 A.M., tours of the National Capitol and the White House begin at a tour agency. Tours for the National Capitol leave every 15 minutes. Tours for the White House leave every 20 minutes. How often do the tours leave at the same time? Is this a GCF or LCM problem?

• GCF

• LCM

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.B.4

Beginning at 8:30 A.M., tours of the National Capitol and the White House begin at a tour agency. Tours for the National Capitol leave every 15 minutes. Tours for the White House leave every 20 minutes. How often do the tours leave at the same time?

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.B.4

A choir teacher has a class with 48 girls and 64 boys. She want so 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? Is this a GCF or an LCM problem?

• GCF

• LCM

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.B.4

A choir teacher has a class with 48 girls and 64 boys. She want 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?

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.B.4