Factors
List all of the factors of 32.
1, 2, 4, 8, 16, and 32
List the prime factors for 80
2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 5
Today, both the wrestling team and basketball teams were scheduled to have practice in the gym. Whoops! The wrestling team practices in the gym every 4 days and the basketball team practices in the gym every 5 days. In how many days will they both be practicing in the gym on the same day?
In 20 days
List the prime factors for36
2 x 2 x 3 x x
Barnes and Noble needs to ship 14 mystery books, 12 science-fiction books, and 8 historical-fiction books. The store can only pack one genre of book in each box, and they must pack the same number of books in each box. What is the greatest number of books Barnes and Noble can pack in each box?
Barnes and Noble can put two books in each box.
List the prime factors for72
2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 3
Beginning at 9:00 AM., tours of the Colosseum and the Vatican begin at a tour agency in Italy. Tours for the Colosseum leave every 8 minutes. Tours for the Vatican leave every 10 minutes. How often do the tours leave at the same time?
Every 40 minutes
List all of the factors of 52.
1, 2, 4, 13, 26, and 52
List the prime factors for 88
2 x 2 x 2 x 11
Three pigs entered a race around a track. Piggly takes 12 minutes to run one lap. Piglet takes 6 minutes to run one lap and it takes Wiggly 16 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?
48 minutes
List the prime factors for 166
2 x 83
Johnny baked 36 oatmeal cookies and 48 chocolate chip cookies to package in plastic containers for his teacher friends at school. He wants to divide the cookies into identical containers so that each container has the same number of each kind of cookie. If he wants each container to have the greatest number of cookies possible, how many plastic containers does he need?
12 plastic containers