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WALT:
LCM and HCF
Find the lowest common multiple of 2 or more numbers.
Find the HCF of 2 or more factors
WILF:
Is the answer to: Is the answer to: Is the answer to:
What is the Lowest Bus A and Bus B are at the Peter is completing an art
common multiple of: bus station at 10.00am. project. He has two pieces
8 and 10 Bus A arrives at the bus of construction paper. The
15 and 25 station at station every 30first piece is 44cm wide
minutes. and the second piece is
Find the highest common Bus B arrives at the station
33cm wide.
factor of: every 40 minutes. Peter wants to cut the
When will bus A and bus B paper into strips that are
35 and 63 meet at the station again? equal in width and are as
54 and 108 wide as possible.
How wide should Peter cut
Multiple each strip?
Lowest common multiple (LCM)
Keywords
Is 25 a multiple of 7? No
Find all the multiples of 6 between 40 and 60. 42, 48, 54, 60
If Lucy eats one of the sweets. How many ways can she
organise the sweets into bags now? 2
Lowest Common Multiple:
The smallest number that is a multiple of two or more numbers.
Multiples
Multiples of
of 6:
6: 66 12
12 18
18 24
24
Multiples
Multiples of
of 4:
4: 44 88 12
12 16
16
The
The LCM
LCM of
of 66 and
and 44 is
is 12.
12.
Multiples
Multiples of
of 10:
10: 10
10 20
20 30
30 40
40
Multiples
Multiples of
of 15:
15: 15
15 30
30 45
45 60
60
The
The LCM
LCM of
of 10
10 and
and 15
15 is
is 30.
30.
Activity 2:
Find the Lowest common multiple of:
a 5 and 8 b 4 and 7 c 4 and 20 d 14 and 21
40 28 20 42
e 9 and 21 f 30 and 75 g 24 and 16 h 44 and 66
63 150 48 132
Peter is looking for the smallest number that can be divided by 2, 3 and 5.
What number is he looking for? 30
Amy is walking laps while her friend Francisco jogs on their city’s nature
trail. Amy completes one lap every 15 minutes, and Francisco finishes one
lap every 6 minutes.
How long will it be before they both finish a lap at the same time? 30 mins
1 10 1 15
2 10
10 5 15
15
3 5
The
The HCF
HCF of
of 10
10 and
and 15
15 is
is 5.
5.
1 12 1 36
2 6 2 18
3
12
12 36
36 12
3 4 4 9
The
The HCF
HCF of
of 12
12 and
and 36
36 is
is 12.
12.
Activity 2:
Find the highest common factor of the following number
a 18 and 12 b 15 and 20 c 15 and 18 d 13 and 23
6 5 3 1
e 30 and 75 f 36 and 54 g 24 and 72 h 18, 24 and 30
15 18 24 6
Marco has 21 apples and 49 pears. He wants to put them all in baskets so
each basket will have the same number of apples and pears. What is the
largest number of baskets he can make and still use up all his fruit? 7
Mariko has 36 stars, 132 circles, and 72 triangles. She wants to make as
many
identical rows as possible using all these shapes. How many rows can she
make? 12
Peter wants to cut the paper into strips that are equal in width and are as
wide as possible.
WILF:
Is the answer to: Is the answer to: Is the answer to:
What is the Lowest Bus A and Bus B are at the Peter is completing an art
common multiple of: bus station at 10.00am. project. He has two pieces
8 and 10 Bus A arrives at the bus of construction paper. The
15 and 25 station at station every 30first piece is 44cm wide
minutes. and the second piece is
Find the highest common Bus B arrives at the station
33cm wide.
factor of: every 40 minutes. Peter wants to cut the
When will bus A and bus B paper into strips that are
35 and 63 meet at the station again? equal in width and are as
54 and 108 wide as possible.
How wide should Peter cut
Multiple each strip?
Lowest common multiple (LCM)
Keywords