WORD PROBLEMS U1 DIVISIBILITY

1. John and Tony have together 77 euros and Tony has 9 euros more than John, how much money does each of them have?

• John has 34 € and

  Tony has 43€

• John has 43 € and

  Tony has 34€

• John has 40 € and

  Tony has 37€

1. Mary wants to buy a coat and a pullover and she has 100 euros. The pullover costs 35 euros and the price of the coat is the double, does she have enough money for buying both things?

• Yes, she has 5€ left

• No, she needs 5 euros more

1. Edward and Oscar have 45 picture cards and Edward has 13 picture cards more than Oscar, how many cards does each of them have?

• Edward has 45 cards

  and Oscar 13 cards

• Edward has 29 cards

  and Oscar 16 cards

• Edward has 16 cards

  and Oscar 29 cards

1. Two buses leave the terminal at 8 am. Bus A takes 60 minutes to complete its route; Bus B takes 75 minutes. When is the next time the two buses will arrive together at the terminal?

• The solution is the LCM(60,75)=300

• The solution is the HCF(60,75)=300

• The solution is the LCM(60,75)=15

• The solution is the HCF(60,75)=15

1. Samantha has two pieces of cloth. One piece is 72 inches wide and the other piece is 90 inches wide. She wants to cut both pieces into trips of equal width as wide as possible. How wide should she cut the strips?

• 1. The solution is the LCM(72,90)=360

• 1. The solution is the HCF(72,90)=360

• 1. The solution is the HCF(72,90)=18

• 1. The solution is the LCM(72,90)=18

1. By selling cookies at 24 cents each. Jose made enough money to buy several cans of pop costing 45 cents per can and he had no money left. What is the least number of cookies he could have sold? In that case, how many cans could he buy?

• The solution is LCM(24,45)=360

  360:24=15 cookies

  360:35=8 cans

• The solution is HCF(24,45)=3

  24:3=8 cookies

  45:3=15 cans

1. Rose will make a game board that is 16 inches by 24 inches for a game she has invented. She wants to use square tiles. What is the largest tile Rosa can use?

• The solution is the LCM(16,24)=48

• The solution is the HCF(16,24)=8

Your gym teacher is setting up teams for a game. There are 24 fifth-grade students and 28 fourth-grade students on the field. He wants each team to have as many players as possible. What is the number of students in each team? How many teams can he create?

• The solution is the LCM(24,28)=168

  168 : 24 =7 teams

  168 : 28 =6 teams

• The solution is the HCF(24,28)=4

  24 : 4 = 6 teams

  28 : 4 = 7 teams

1. Mrs. Hernandez waters one of her plants every 10 days and another plant every 14 days. If she waters both plants today, when is the next time both plants will be watered on the same day?

• The solution is LCM(10,14)=70 days

• The solution is LCM(10,14)=50 days

• The solution is LCM(10,14)=200 days