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GCF LCM Word Problems

This document contains 15 math word problems involving concepts like greatest common factors, least common multiples, remainders, and patterns. The problems cover topics such as dividing items evenly between groups, finding the largest possible size of an object or number of items, and determining when periodic events will next occur simultaneously.

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GCF LCM Word Problems

This document contains 15 math word problems involving concepts like greatest common factors, least common multiples, remainders, and patterns. The problems cover topics such as dividing items evenly between groups, finding the largest possible size of an object or number of items, and determining when periodic events will next occur simultaneously.

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GCF and LCM

Problem Solving
Question #1
Mrs. Reyes has 120 crayons and 30
pieces of paper to give to her
students. What is the largest number
of students she can have in her class
so that each student gets equal no. of
crayons and equal no. of paper.
Question #2

 Ronald is making a game board that


is 16 inches by 24 inches. He wants
to use square tiles. What is the largest
tile he can use?
Question #3

 SMART gave away a P100 load for


every 100th caller. Every 30th caller
received free concert tickets. How
many callers must get through before
one of them receives both a P 100
load and a concert ticket?
Question #4

 Two bikers are riding a circular path.


The first rider completes a round in 12
minutes. The second rider completes
a round in 18 minutes. If they both
started at the same place and time
and go in the same direction, after
how many minutes will they meet
again at the starting point?
Question #5

 Carlo has 8-inch pieces of toy train


track and Roy has 18-inch pieces of
train track. How many of each piece
would each child need to build tracks
that are equal in length?
Question #6

 I am planting 72 apple trees and 48


peach trees. I want the same number
and type of trees per row. What is the
maximum number of trees I can plant
per row?
Question #7

 A florist has 36 roses and 27 tulips,


she must use to create bouquets.
What is the largest number of
bouquets she can make without
having any flowers left over, and with
each bouquet having the same
number of each flower?
Question #8

 During the summer months, one ice


cream truck visits Monica’s
neighborhood every 4 days. A second
ice cream truck visits her
neighborhood every 5 days. If both
trucks visited today, when is the next
time that both trucks will visit on the
same day?
Question #9

 A choir director at your school wants


to divide the choir into smaller groups.
There are 24 sopranos, 60 altos, and
36 tenors. Each group will have the
same number of each type of voice.
What is the greatest number of groups
that can be formed?
Question #10

 Three pigs entered a race around a


track. Piggly takes 6 minutes to run
one lap. Piglet takes 3 minutes to run
one lap and it takes Wiggly 5 minutes
to run one lap. If all three pigs begin
the race at the same time, how many
minutes will it take for all three pigs to
be at the starting point again?
Question #11

 The Earth, Jupiter, Saturn and


Uranus all revolve around the sun.
The earth takes one year, Jupiter
takes 12 years, Saturn takes 30
years and Uranus takes 84 years.
In how many years will these four
planets align themselves exactly as
they are this evening?
Question #12

 What is the smallest number that


can be divided by all the numbers 1
to 10?
Question #13

 The green neon lights flash every 4


seconds; the blue, every 5 seconds;
the red, every 6 seconds. If all the
lights flash together at 8:00 PM, at
what time will they flash together
again?
Question #14

 There are 40 girls and 32 boys who


want to participate in 6th grade
intramurals. If each team must have the
same number of girls and the same
number of boys, what is the greatest
number of teams that can participate in
intramurals?
Question #15
 Kevin has collection of match boxes. If
he counts the match boxes by twos,
threes, fours, fives, or sixes, there is
always one left over. If he counts the
match boxes by sevens, none remain.
What is the fewest number of match
boxes Kevin could have?

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