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 8 minutes and a train every 12 minutes. They both leave at 8:00. How many minutes until they leave together again?
Answer: ______________ minutes
2Rosa has 5 apples and 25 oranges and makes bags that are all the same, using every fruit. What is the most bags that can be made?
Answer: ______________ bags
3A 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
4A bus leaves every 4 minutes and a train every 6 minutes. They both leave at 8:00. How many minutes until they leave together again?
Answer: ______________ minutes
5Jamal has 10 apples and 2 oranges and makes bags that are all the same, using every fruit. What is the most bags that can be made?
Answer: ______________ bags
6Rosa has 24 apples and 18 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 10 minutes and a train every 15 minutes. They both leave at 8:00. How many minutes until they leave together again?
Answer: ______________ minutes
8Jamal has 2 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
9Maya has 28 apples and 7 oranges and makes bags that are all the same, using every fruit. What is the most bags that can be made?
Answer: ______________ bags
10Maya has 45 apples and 36 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 6 minutes and a train every 8 minutes. They both leave at 8:00. How many minutes until they leave together again?
Answer: ______________ minutes
12Leo has 55 apples and 44 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. 24 minutes
- 2. 5 bags
- 3. 36 minutes
- 4. 12 minutes
- 5. 2 bags
- 6. 6 bags
- 7. 30 minutes
- 8. 2 bags
- 9. 7 bags
- 10. 9 bags
- 11. 24 minutes
- 12. 11 bags
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