LCM, GCF, 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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A radio station is giving away a $100 bill to every 30th caller and movie tickets to every 40th caller.  Which caller will be the first to win both prizes?

• 5
• 2
• 10
• 120

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CCSS.6.NS.B.4

Is this question asking to find GCF or LCM?

• GCF
• LCM

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Is this question asking to find GCF or LCM?

• GCF
• LCM

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Lisa is making activity baskets to donate to charity.  She has 12 coloring books, 28 markers, and 36 crayons.  What is the greatest number of baskets she can make if each type of toy is equally distributed among the baskets?

• Greatest Common Factor
• Least Common Multiple

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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

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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

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CCSS.6.NS.B.4

What is the greatest common factor of the following numbers:

14, 42, and 49

• 3

• 7

• 2

• 84

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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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A store is organizing toys into bins. The toys must be put into bins so that each bin contains the same number of toys without mixing the toys.
5. What is the greatest number of toys that can be put in a bin?
              Toys to Place in Bins
    Toy                              Number of Toys
Anemones                            12
Limpets                                 14
Snails                                    18

• 5 bins for anemones, 7 bins for limpets, and 9 bins for Snails
• 5 bins for anemones, 6 bins for limpets, and 8 bins for Snails
• 6 bins for anemones, 7 bins for limpets, and 9 bins for Snails
• 7 bins for anemones, 8 bins for limpets, and 10 bins for Snails

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