GCF and LCM Word Problems

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The school cafeteria serves tacos every sixth day and cheeseburgers every eighth 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? Options: 14 days, 24 days, 34 days, 44 days

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24 days

Front

Miss Friedman has 18 party hats and 24 noise makers. How many party favors can she make with no leftovers?

Back

6 party favors with 3 hats and 4 noise makers

Front

Jenny goes to karate class every 12 days and to the library every 18 days. On December 1st she went to both class and the library. On what date will she do both class and go to the library?

Back

36 days

Front

Henry and Margo both began traveling around a circular track. Henry is riding his bike, and Margo is walking. It takes Henry 7 minutes to make it all the way around, and Margo takes 12 minutes. How much time will pass until they meet at the starting line?

Back

84 minutes

Front

Cups are sold 5 to a package and plates are sold 10 to a package. What is the least number of packages of each you need to buy to have the same number of each item?

Back

10

Front

At a family reunion, each of Saria’s aunts and uncles is getting photographed once. The aunts are taking pictures in groups of 5 and the uncles are taking pictures in groups of 10. If Saria has the same total number of aunts and uncles, what is the minimum number of aunts that Saira must have?

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10 aunts

Front

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?

Back

12

Front

Shannon is making identical balloon arrangements with 32 maroon, 24 white, and 16 orange balloons. What is the greatest number of arrangements she can make if every balloon is used?

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4

Front

Jane has 18 juice boxes, 24 bags of peanuts, and 36 apples. What is the greatest number of snack bags Jane can make with the same number of each item in each bag?

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6

Front

Maya 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?

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8