Sheet # 122 Critical Thinking
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1) A package of hot dogs contains 10 hot dogs. A package of buns contains 8 hot dog buns. What is the fewest number of packages you would have to buy to have exactly the same number of hot dogs and buns?
2) A package of forks contains 12 forks. A package of plates contains 8 plates. What is the fewest number of packages you would have to buy to have exactly the same number of forks and plates?
Answer for sheet # 122
1) Find the LCM of 10 and 8. It is 40. You will have to buy 4 packages of hot dogs, and 5 packages of buns.
2) LCM is 24. You have to buy 2 packages of forks, and 3 packages of plates.