Solve Real-life Problems

Involving LCM of 2-3 Digit

Numbers
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 Give the
prime factors of
the given
numbers.
 How do your parents earn a
living? Do you help them?
What do you do to help them?
Why do you help your
parents?
Justine’s parents have a flower shop. She
helps her parents sell flowers in bundles.
What is the smallest number of orchids
that she can sell in
bunches of 5, 6 1nd
10?
Read and analyze the problem.
Mr. Santos, the city agriculturist, wants to
know the number of seedlings he can give to 2
groups of boys in EPP class.
Mr. Santos: How many members do you have in
your group?
Leader 1: I have 12 members.
Leader 2: I have 15 members.
Mr. Santos: I will give the same
number of seedlings to each
group. You should give the
same number of seedlings to
each child in the group.
1. Jannah can arrange her stamps either 15 stamps
on a page, 18 on a page or 21 on a page. What is
the least number of stamps that Sharon has?

2. Kirksha harvests her orchids every 14 days and

her violets every 17 days. Not including the first
day, when is the first time both plants are
harvested on the same day? When is the next time?
3. Issa works in the city and feels homesick often.
Hence, she makes an effort to go home to the
province every 15 days. Her last visit in the
province was January 15. When will be her 3rd visit
since then? 8th visit?
 What is LCM?
What are the
methods in finding
the LCM?
 Least Common Multiple
(LCM) is the least product of the
given number and another.
Prime Factorization,
Decomposition and Listing are
the methods in finding the LCM.
 Ledronne always drinks 8 oz of
fresh cow milk, while Ritchie always
drinks 8 oz of fresh goat milk. What
is the least number of glasses they
could drink everyday
to make sure that
they get the same
amount of calories
from milk everyday?
Solve the problems.
1. As a promotion, the Sukang Irok
factory gave every 7th and 8th
customer a discount coupon. Every
20 customer receives a free t-
th

shirt. Which student should be the

first to get both?
2. What is the least
number of canned
goods needed to fill
boxes of 16, 24 and 30?
3. A number is divisible by 6
and 8. When divided by 15,
the remainder is 12. What is
the number that satisfies
these conditions?
4. The school canteen serves
spaghetti every 4 school days,
pizza every 6 school days, and
arroz caldo every 8 school
days. After how many days
will the canteen serve all the
dishes?
5. The five branches of Indang Bus Line
have different schedules of departure.
Buses in Branch A every 30 minutes,
Branch B every 15 minutes, Branch C
every 20 minutes, Branch D every 1 hour,
Branch E every 40 minutes. How many
times from 5:00a.m. to 5:00 p.m. do the
five branches have the same schedule of
departure?
ASSIGNMENT:
Solve the problem.
Russel and Arjones are cousins, who
visit their Grandma on the same day of the
week. However Russel visits every two
weeks while Arjones every three weeks.
They started visiting their grandmother at
the same time. On what week will Biel and
Jay visit their grandma together again?