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 12 minutes and a train every 18 minutes. They both leave at 8:00. How many minutes until they leave together again?
Answer: ______________ minutes
2Leo has 72 apples and 60 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 8 minutes and a train every 12 minutes. They both leave at 8:00. How many minutes until they leave together again?
Answer: ______________ minutes
4Jamal has 9 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 9 minutes. They both leave at 8:00. How many minutes until they leave together again?
Answer: ______________ minutes
6Aiden 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
7Aiden 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
8Sam has 18 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
9Lily has 40 apples and 8 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
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
12Ana has 30 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. 36 minutes
- 2. 12 bags
- 3. 24 minutes
- 4. 3 bags
- 5. 18 minutes
- 6. 2 bags
- 7. 11 bags
- 8. 9 bags
- 9. 8 bags
- 10. 12 minutes
- 11. 24 minutes
- 12. 6 bags
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