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 4 minutes and a train every 6 minutes. They both leave at 8:00. How many minutes until they leave together again?
Answer: ______________ minutes
2Maya has 8 apples and 48 oranges and makes bags that are all the same, using every fruit. What is the most bags that can be made?
Answer: ______________ bags
3Theo has 42 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
4Sam has 12 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
5A 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
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
7Aiden has 30 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
8Jamal 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
9Priya has 6 apples and 4 oranges and makes bags that are all the same, using every fruit. What is the most bags that can be made?
Answer: ______________ bags
10Nora has 33 apples and 11 oranges and makes bags that are all the same, using every fruit. What is the most bags that can be made?
Answer: ______________ bags
11Leo has 18 apples and 9 oranges and makes bags that are all the same, using every fruit. What is the most bags that can be made?
Answer: ______________ bags
12A 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
Answer key: Factors in common
- 1. 12 minutes
- 2. 8 bags
- 3. 7 bags
- 4. 3 bags
- 5. 24 minutes
- 6. 18 minutes
- 7. 10 bags
- 8. 8 bags
- 9. 2 bags
- 10. 11 bags
- 11. 9 bags
- 12. 24 minutes
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