MATH 5

1ST QUARTER

Competency No. 13- Solves real-life problems involving GCF and LCM of 2-3
given numbers.
CODE: M5NS- Ie- 70.2
Directions:
Read the following questions carefully and choose the letter of the correct answer.

1. The green light blinks every five seconds, the red light blinks every seven seconds, and the yellow light
blinks every ten seconds. How many times will the lights blink at the same time in one hour if they
blinked together at 7:30 this morning?

a. 60 b. 70 c. 80 d.75

2. There are 15 green, 5 red and 10 yellow bulbs to be used for a birthday party. They are to be placed in
plastic bags so that each bag contains the same number of green, red and yellow bulbs. What is the
largest number of plastic bags that will be needed?

a. 5 b. 10 c. 15 d. 3

3. The students are making sandwiches for the class picnic. They have 56 ham slices, 49 cheese slices
and 63 tomato slices. What is the greatest number of sandwiches they can make if each sandwich has
the same filling?

a. 6 b. 7 c. 8 d. 9

4. Liza is packing apple slices and cake for snacks. Liza bags the apple slices in groups of 24 and the cake
in groups of 8. What is the smallest number of apple slices and cake that she can pack?

a. 24 b. 8 c. 16 d. 48

5. Nica is making flower arrangements. She has 9 roses and 18 daisies. She wants to make all the
arrangements identical and have no left over. What is the greatest possible number of flower
arrangements she can make?

a. 9 b. 18 c. 27 d. 36

6. Peter waters his okra plants every 3 days and his carrots plants every 4 days. If he waters both plants
today, when will be the next time he can water both plants?

a. after 12 days b. after 6 days c. after 9 days d. after 15 days

7. There are 24 glasses of orange juice and 36 glasses of apple juice to be arranged in equal rows. Each
row should have only one kind of juice. What is the greatest number of glasses that can be in one row?

a. 6 b. 4 c. 8 d. 9

8. The GCF of two n umbers is 7 and their LCM is 105. If one of the numbers is 35, what is the other
number?

a. 27 b. 21 c. 28 d. 18

9. The Greatest Common Factor of 12 and an even number less than 9 is 4. What is that even number?

a. 4 b. 6 c. 8 d. 2

10. Lovely has 18 foreign stamps and 27 local stamps to be placed in a clear folder. What is the greatest
number of stamps that she can place in each page of the clear folder?

a. 3 b. 6 c. 9 d. 12
 MATH 5
1ST QUARTER
Competency No. 14- Creates problem (with reasonable answers) involving GCF
and LCM of 2-3 given numbers.
CODE: M5NS-Ie-71.2

Directions:

Create a problem using the given data inside the box then solve for the answer.

32 red balloons
24 blue balloons arranged in a table Greatest number
16 yellow balloons

Problem:
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Solution and answer:

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