Solve Real-life

Problems Involving
GCF and LCM of 2
Given Numbers
M4NS-IId-70-1
 Example of getting the GCF of 10 and
15?
Get the Greatest Common Factor
for 10 and 15.

10 = 2 x 5
15 = 3 x 5
The GCF is 5
 How about getting the LCM of 8 and 16
List down the number for 8 and 16 or factorization
For 8 and 16, both can be divided by 2 which is the
least number.

2 8 16
2 4 8
2 2 4
2 1 2
1 1

The LCM is 2x2x2x2. That is 16.

 Hinata is an athlete. She swims every 6 days and runs
every 4 days. If she does the two activities today, how many
days will she do the two activities again on the same day?

What is asked in the problem?

What are the facts?
How will you solve the problem?
What is your answer?
 In solving word problem, follow the
following steps: Understand, Plan, Solve,
Check and Look back. You can choose any
of the different methods in solving the
problem: Listing, Prime factorization or
Continuous Division.
Understand

1. What does the The number of days Hinata

problem asked will do the two activities
for? again on the same day

What facts are Swim every 6 days and run

given? every 4 days
Plan
How will you solve the problem? By finding the LCM

Solve
How is the solution done By listing
6:6, 12, 18, 24, 32
4:4, 8, 12, 16, 24
LCM is 12

By Prime Factorization
6: 2x3
2: 2x2
LCM is 12

By Continuous Division
2 6 4
3 3 2
2 1 2
1 1
LCM is 12
Check and It would take 12
Look back days before Hinata
What is could do the two
the answer to activities again in
the problem? the same day.
 If the problem requires finding the
greatest number to group, split or divide
equally, share and no excess or extra then
use the GCF. On the other hand, use LCM
if the problem shows hints for a cycle,
repetition, smallest number or an event to
happen again.
1. I want to plant 45 Talong plants and 81 corn plants in my garden. If I
plant the same number of plants in each row and each row has only one
type of plant, what is the greatest number of plants I can plant in one row?

Understand
1. What does the problem asked The greatest number of plants
for? that could be planted in one row.
What facts are given? 45 talong plants, 81 corn plants
Plan
How will you solve the problem?
By finding the GCF
Solve
How is the solution done?
List down the factors of
45 = 5 x 9
81 = 9 x 9
Check and Look back GCF = 9
What is the answer to the problem?
There will be 9 plants that could be planted in one row.
2. The school canteen serves sampelot every 6th
day and lugaw every 8th day. If sampelot and
lugaw are both serve today, how many days will it
be before they are both serve again in the same
day?
Understand .
1. What does the problem asked for?
What facts are given? The number of days both will be served again

Plan Sampelot is served every 6th day, lugaw is

How will you solve the problem?
Solve
How is the solution done?
Check and Look back
What is the answer to the problem?
served every 8th day
By finding the LCM
List the multiples of
6 = 6, 12, 18, ,24, 30, 36
8 = 8, 16, 24, 32, 40, 48
LCM = 24
Both will be served again after 24 days.
 Activity

2
Encircle the letter of the correct answer.
1. Gohan is making emergency- preparedness kits to
share to his friends. He has 12 can bottles of
water and 16 cans of food, which she would like
to distribute equally among the kits, with nothing
left over. What is the greatest number of kits
Gohan can make?

a. 1 b. 2 c. 3
d. 4
2. Sasuke goes hiking every 12 days and
swimming every 6 days. He did both kinds
of exercise today. How many days from
now will he go both hiking and swimming
again?

a. 6 b. 12 c. 18
d. 24
3. Luffy is packing equal numbers of mango
slices and guava slices for snacks. Luffy packs
the mango slices in groups of 18 and the guava
slices in groups of 9. What is the smallest
number of guava that he can packed?

a. 9 b. 12 c.15
d. 18
4. A club has 16 girls and 8 boys as members. The
president of the club wants to break the club into
groups, with each group containing the same
combination of girls and boys. The president also
wants to make sure that no one is left out. What is the
greatest number of groups the president can make?

a. 7 b. 8 c. 9
d. 10
5. The parents are making hotcakes with
fillings for the class feeding program. They
have 72 cheese slices and 48 servings of
peanut butter. What is the greatest number
of hotcakes can they make if each hotcakes
has the same filling?

a.24 b. 26 c. 28
d. 30
6. Fabric is sold in stores from bolts that are 45 or
60 inches wide. What is the width of the widest
strips of fabric you can cut from either bolt
without wasting any of the fabric if each strip has
the same width?
What are you trying to find?

a. GCF b. LCM c. multiple d.

factors
7. Nami is making flower arrangement. He has 7
roses and 14 daisies. If Nami wants to make all
the arrangements identical and have no flowers
left over, what is the greatest number of flower
arrangements that he can make? What is does the
problem asked for?
a. number of flowers b. number of roses
c. number of daisies d. number of flower arrangements
8. Sanji has swimming lessons every fifth day and
diving lessons every third day. If he had a swimming
lesson and a diving lesson on May 5, when will be the
next date on which he has both swimming and diving
lesson? What are the given facts?

a. swimming every 5th day and diving every 3rd day

b. swimming every 3rd day and diving every 5th day
c. His last training is on May 5
d. everyday is his swmming and diving lesson
9. What is the largest number of pechay and
cabbage plants that can be planted in rows of
equal number if there are 60 pechay and 80
cabbage plants?

a. 10 b. 20 c. 30
d. 40
10. What is the smallest number of
avocados that can be placed in
baskets with 50 and 75 pieces?

a. 150 b. 140 c. 130

d. 120
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