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Worksheet Questions For HCF and LCM Grade 6

The document is a worksheet focused on finding the Highest Common Factor (HCF) and Lowest Common Multiple (LCM) through various contextual problems. It includes tasks related to sorting items, making identical bunches, and organizing events, requiring students to apply HCF and LCM concepts. Additionally, it presents scenarios for determining the optimal number of items or arrangements to avoid wastage.

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Worksheet Questions For HCF and LCM Grade 6

The document is a worksheet focused on finding the Highest Common Factor (HCF) and Lowest Common Multiple (LCM) through various contextual problems. It includes tasks related to sorting items, making identical bunches, and organizing events, requiring students to apply HCF and LCM concepts. Additionally, it presents scenarios for determining the optimal number of items or arrangements to avoid wastage.

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Name: Worksheet

HCF or LCM
Task A: HCF in a context
1) Aisha’s little brother is sorting his 30 cars and 50 bricks into equal rows. What is the
maximum number in each row if there are no rows with both cars and bricks?

2) Jacob has 24 white, 42 red and 48 yellow flowers. What is the greatest number of
identical bunches he can make that uses all of the flowers?

3) Lucas is making a model. He needs to cut his wire into the longest equal lengths
possible. One piece is 420 cm and the other is 120cm. How long can he make each
piece?

Task B: LCM in context


1) Jun goes swimming every 4 days and he goes to the cinema every 15 days. Which is
the first day that he does both?

2) Jacob is baking he can bake 12 cupcakes and 20 biscuits at a time. He needs to make
the same number of each. What is the smallest amount he can make?

3) Sam was making sandwiches for a party. Bread comes in loaves of 24 slices, cheese in
packs of 15 slices and ham in packs of 40 slices. Each sandwich has 2 slices of bread and
one slice of cheese and ham. What is the fewest of each she needs to buy to ensure no
wastage?

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HCF or LCM Worksheet

Task C: Whether to use HCF or LCM based on the context


1)

a) Two people race up some steps. One goes up 2 at a time and the other 3 at a time.
Which is the first step they both step on?

b) Aisha is organising a charity quiz. She either has 84 or 90 people attending. What is
the largest number of people in each team? (all teams must be the same size)

c) Grandad has baked a cake. His grandchildren are coming to visit, it could be 3, 5 or all
6. What is the smallest number of pieces he can cut the cake into so they each get the
same amount of cake?

2)

a) Aisha is organising a charity quiz. She either has 84 or 90 people attending. What is
the largest number of people in each team? (all teams must be the same size)

b) Grandad has baked a cake. His grandchildren are coming to visit, it could be 3, 5 or all
6. What is the smallest number of pieces he can cut the cake into so they each get the
same amount of cake?

c) A red bus leaves the station every 3 minutes, a blue one every 8 minutes and a green
one every 11 minutes. If the all leave at 09:00 at what time do they all leave at the same
time again?

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