GCF/LCM Practice

Jenny goes to dance class every 6 days and karate class every 9 days.  If she did both today, in how many days will she do both again? 

• 18 days
• 24 days
• 36 days
• 54 days

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The pet shop is putting together goody bags to send to different shelters.  They have 36 chew toys, 24 dog bones and 18 chase toys for cats.  What is the maximum number of goody bags will they be able to make to send to shelters? 

• 4 bags
• 8 bags
• 6 bags
• 12 bags

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What is the least common multiple (LCM) of 8 and 5?

• 50
• 40
• 5
• 8

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What is the GCF of 24 and 40?

• 1
• 2
• 4
• 8

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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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Ian goes hiking every 4 days and swimming every 6 days. He did both kinds of exercise today. How many days from now will he go both hiking and swimming again?

• 2 days
• 12 days
• 24 days
• 48 days

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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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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

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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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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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