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Problem A
Elvira is going to prepare
bouquets of roses and bouquets
of daisies. She has 36 roses and
24 daisies. What is the greatest
number of each flower that she
can use in a bouquet if bouquets
have the same number of
flowers?
What is Elvira going to do
with the flowers?
How many roses does she
have?
How many daisies?
How will you solve for the
answer to this problem?
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Problem B
Divina is ging to prepare
bouquets of roses with 5 roses
to a bouquet and bouquets of
daisies with 6 daisies to a
bouquet. What will be the
smallest number of roses and
daisies that she will need for her
bouquets?
•What is Divina planning to
do?
•How many roses will she need
to prepare a bouquet of roses?
•How many daisies does she
need to prepare a bouquet of
daisies?
•How will you solve for the
answer to this problem?
Group
Activity
Problem A
Solution 1: Finding the Greatest
Common Factor (GCF) by listing the
factors of 36 and 24
The factors of 36 are
1,2,3,4,6,9,12,18, and 36
The factors of 24 are
1,2,3,4,6,8,12, and 24
Common Factors: 1,2,3,4,6, and 12
Greatest Common Factor: 12
Problem A
Solution 2: Finding the Greatest
Common Factor (GCF) of 36 and 24
by prime factorization
36 = 2x2x3x3
24 = 2x2x2x3
Common Prime Factors: 2x2x3
Greatest Common Factor: 12
Problem A
Solution 3: Finding the Greatest
Common Factor (GCF) of 36 and 24
by continous division
2 24 36
2 12 18
3 6 9
2 3
Greatest Common Factor: 12
Problem B
Solution 1: Finding the Least
Common Multiple (LCM) by listing
some multiples of 5 and 6
The multiples of 5 are
5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60…
The multiples of 6 are
6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 42, 48, 54, 60…..
Common Multiples of 5 and 6: 30, 60, ..
Least Common Multiple (LCM): 30
Problem B
Solution 2: Finding the Least
Common Multiple (LCM) of 5
and 6 by prime factorization
5 = 1x5
6 = 2x3
LCM=1x2x5x3=30
Problem B
Solution 3: Finding the Least
Common Multiple (LCM) of 5 and 6
by continous division
2 5 6
3 5 3
5 5 1
1 1
LCM= 2x3x5= 30
Presentation
of output
Application
How do we solve
problems involving
GCF and LCM of two
given numbers?
Summarizing the Lesson