LCM and GCF Word Problems

Big Billy went to the store and bought 15 oranges, 9 peaches, 18 watermelons he wants to put all of the fruit into a display at his market. Each display must have the same amount of fruit on each display. Without mixing fruits, what is the greatest number of pieces of fruit that Big Billy can put in each basket?

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In a clock, a larger gear completes a rotation every 45 seconds, and a small gear completes rotation every 18 seconds. If the gears are aligned now, how many seconds will pass before the gears are alligned?

• 90

• 89

• 9

• 8

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Lil Billy gets newsletters by e-mail. He gets one for sports every 5 days, and one for music every 8 days, and one for railroads every 10 days. If he got all three today, how many more days will it be until he gets all three newsletters on the same day again?

• 40

• 1

• 39

• 2

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Biggest Billy wants to put 45 sunflower seeds, 81 corn plants, and 63 tomato plants in his garden. If he puts the same number of plants in each row and if each row as only one type of plant, what is the greatest number of plants that Biggest Billy can put in each row?

• 09

• 2,835

• 5,382

• 90

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Liller Billy 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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Lillest Billy 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?

• 4

• 2

• 48

• 8

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Pencils come in packages of 10. Erasers come in packages of 12. Senior Billy wants to purchase the smallest number of pencils and erasers so that he will have exactly 1 eraser per pencil. How many packages of pencils and erasers should Senior Billy buy?

• 4 packages of pencils and 3 packages of erasers

• 5 packages of pencils and 4 packages of erasers

• 6 packages of pencils and 5 packages of erasers

• 12 packages of pencils and 10 packages of erasers

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Boxes that are 82 inches tall are being stacked next to boxes that are 74 inches tall. What is the shortest height at which the two stacks will be the same height?

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Billy The Big Dog goes to the dog park once every 4 days, Billy The Small Dog goes to the dog park once every 3 days. If both dogs went to the park today how many days will it be until they both go to the dog park again?

• 12

• 1

• 6

• 2

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Billy Jr needs to ship 12 comedy DVDs, 24 animated DVDs, and 30 musical DVDs. He can pack only one type of DVD in each box and he must pack the same number of DVDs in each box, What is the greatest number of DVDs Billy Jr can pack in each box?

• 12

• 3

• 6

• 10

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