πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 6.NS.B.4
🔗 Factors in common
Greatest common factor and least common multiple (and prime factorization)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A bus leaves every 6 minutes and a train every 9 minutes. They both leave at 8:00. How many minutes until they leave together again?
Answer: ______________ minutes
2Kai has 60 apples and 10 oranges and makes bags that are all the same, using every fruit. What is the most bags that can be made?
Answer: ______________ bags
3Jamal has 60 apples and 24 oranges and makes bags that are all the same, using every fruit. What is the most bags that can be made?
Answer: ______________ bags
4A bus leaves every 8 minutes and a train every 12 minutes. They both leave at 8:00. How many minutes until they leave together again?
Answer: ______________ minutes
5Sam has 55 apples and 22 oranges and makes bags that are all the same, using every fruit. What is the most bags that can be made?
Answer: ______________ bags
6Jamal has 15 apples and 3 oranges and makes bags that are all the same, using every fruit. What is the most bags that can be made?
Answer: ______________ bags
7A bus leaves every 12 minutes and a train every 18 minutes. They both leave at 8:00. How many minutes until they leave together again?
Answer: ______________ minutes
8Aiden has 10 apples and 35 oranges and makes bags that are all the same, using every fruit. What is the most bags that can be made?
Answer: ______________ bags
9A bus leaves every 6 minutes and a train every 8 minutes. They both leave at 8:00. How many minutes until they leave together again?
Answer: ______________ minutes
10Leo has 36 apples and 30 oranges and makes bags that are all the same, using every fruit. What is the most bags that can be made?
Answer: ______________ bags
11A bus leaves every 10 minutes and a train every 15 minutes. They both leave at 8:00. How many minutes until they leave together again?
Answer: ______________ minutes
12Maya has 16 apples and 28 oranges and makes bags that are all the same, using every fruit. What is the most bags that can be made?
Answer: ______________ bags
Answer key: Factors in common
- 1. 18 minutes
- 2. 10 bags
- 3. 12 bags
- 4. 24 minutes
- 5. 11 bags
- 6. 3 bags
- 7. 36 minutes
- 8. 5 bags
- 9. 24 minutes
- 10. 6 bags
- 11. 30 minutes
- 12. 4 bags
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