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
2Sam has 14 apples and 49 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 6 minutes and a train every 8 minutes. They both leave at 8:00. How many minutes until they leave together again?
Answer: ______________ minutes
4Ben 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
5Omar has 16 apples and 20 oranges and makes bags that are all the same, using every fruit. What is the most bags that can be made?
Answer: ______________ bags
6A 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
7A 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
8A 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
9Omar has 35 apples and 21 oranges and makes bags that are all the same, using every fruit. What is the most bags that can be made?
Answer: ______________ bags
10A 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
11Kai has 18 apples and 15 oranges and makes bags that are all the same, using every fruit. What is the most bags that can be made?
Answer: ______________ bags
12Mei has 35 apples and 42 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. 30 minutes
- 2. 7 bags
- 3. 24 minutes
- 4. 10 bags
- 5. 4 bags
- 6. 18 minutes
- 7. 24 minutes
- 8. 36 minutes
- 9. 7 bags
- 10. 12 minutes
- 11. 3 bags
- 12. 7 bags
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