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Homework Week 5
Homework Week 5
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2. Ashley won a prize in her schools Math Bee by answering the question: What is the least common multiple of 18 and 48? What was Ashleys prize winning answer?
3. Sandra was finding the common factors of these numbers: 12, 18, and 32. Which of these numbers below is NOT a common factor of these numbers? a. b. c. d. e. 1 2 6 3 9
4. A candy store sells suckers, gum, and hard candy. The store manager always orders an equal amount of each type of candy from her supplier. The number of candies per package is shown in the table below. Candy Item Suckers Gum Hard Candy Number per Package 20 45 60
What is the least number of packages of each type of candy that the store manager should order to have an equal amount of each type?
5. The school store needs to order supplies for the next school year. Pencils are ordered in packages that contain 24 pencils, erasers are ordered in packages of 48 erasers, and highlighters are ordered in packages that contain 12. What is the least number of packages of each item that should be ordered if the school store wants to have the same number of each item?
Example: 2X3=6 and 6X1=6. Since I can make more than one array for 6, the number is composite.
2 3
1 6