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 10 minutes and a train every 15 minutes. They both leave at 8:00. How many minutes until they leave together again?
Answer: ______________ minutes
2A 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
3Maya has 4 apples and 12 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 12 minutes and a train every 18 minutes. They both leave at 8:00. How many minutes until they leave together again?
Answer: ______________ minutes
5Priya has 36 apples and 27 oranges and makes bags that are all the same, using every fruit. What is the most bags that can be made?
Answer: ______________ bags
6Maya has 5 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
7Zoe has 8 apples and 16 oranges and makes bags that are all the same, using every fruit. What is the most bags that can be made?
Answer: ______________ bags
8A 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
9Zoe has 30 apples and 50 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 60 apples and 50 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 8 minutes and a train every 12 minutes. They both leave at 8:00. How many minutes until they leave together again?
Answer: ______________ minutes
12A 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
Answer key: Factors in common
- 1. 30 minutes
- 2. 12 minutes
- 3. 4 bags
- 4. 36 minutes
- 5. 9 bags
- 6. 5 bags
- 7. 8 bags
- 8. 18 minutes
- 9. 10 bags
- 10. 10 bags
- 11. 24 minutes
- 12. 24 minutes
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