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Least Common Multiple or Greatest Common Factor?

Directions: For each problem tell whether you need to find the LCM or the GCF. Circle
any key words that help you know which you are finding. Then solve each problem.

1. Caleb has baseball practice every

five days and football practice every
three days. If he has both baseball
practice and football practice on the
same day, how many more days until
he will have baseball practice and
football practice on the same day
again?
2. The lunch special at Del’s Restaurant
repeats every 8 days, and the lunch
special at Emily’s Restaurant repeats
every 12 days. Both restaurants are
serving the same lunch special today,
chicken fried steak with gravy.
How many days will there be until
the next time both restaurants again
serve chicken fried steak with gravy?
4. Mr. Wilson makes snack bags for a
field trip. He has 90 crackers and 75
cookies. Each bag will have an even
number of crackers and cookies. No
crackers or cookies will be leftover.
What is the largest number of bags
Mr. Wilson can make?
5. Paula has 54 stickers and 36 pencils
that she wants to put in bags. All the
bags have to have an equal number
of stickers and pencils. What is the
greatest number of bags she can
make and have no stickers or pencils
left over.

6. The Junior Beta Club is making food

3. Two bus services A and B arrive at a
station. Service A arrives at the
station every 15 minutes, service B
arrives at the station every 20
minutes. The first bus arrives at the
station at 8:00 am. At what time will
both buses arrive at the station
again?
baskets for the local homeless
shelter. They asked for donations and
received 70 cans of food and 42
loaves of bread. If they want all the
baskets to be the same with nothing
left over, What is the greatest
number of baskets they can make?

7. Come up with a story problem for Least Common Multiple and Highest Common
Factor and find another group to solve your story problem.