Story telling
Infinitely Small
The Finite World
Looking forward by going backwards
Strings of Numbers
100

If a word problem has the word "smallest" in it, it is most likely asking to find the ________?

What is LCM

100
LCM between 5 and 6
What is 30
100
GCF between 8 and 12
What is 4
100

A number with exactly 2 different factors.

What is a prime number

100

Find the prime factorization of 16

What is

2*2*2*2 or 2^4

200

Grace wants to display 12 photos and 18 drawings she owns in groups, with each group having the same combination of photos and drawings and none left over. What is the greatest number of groups Grace can display?

What is 6

200
LCM between 12 and 24
What is 24
200

GCF between 30 and 18

What is 6

200

What is the definition of a composite number

What is 3 or more factors that go into another number perfectly.

200

Turn

5 * 5 * 3 * 2 

into exponent form

What is 

5^2*3*2

300

Two friends, Kennedy and Meyers, are working together at the Taft Cafe today. Meyers works every 4 days, and Kennedy works every 11 days. How many days do they have to wait until they work together again?

What is 44

300
LCM between 8 and 9
What is 72
300

GCF between 19 and 18

What is 1

300

Rob spent $3.30 for 6 large cookies. Find the price per cookie.

What is $.55 

300

This is the value of 

2^2*3*5

What is 60?

 

400

Meyers and Kennedy are fishermen who, by coincidence, caught the same number of fish this week. Kennedy caught fish in nets that hold 8 fish, while Meyers caught fish in nets that hold 12 fish. What is the smallest number of fish each caught?

What is 24

400
LCM between 4 and 11
What is 44
400

GCF between 22 and 44

What is 22

400

Lyuba needs to buy dog food for her dog. She can buy a 20 pound bag of dog food for $15.00 or a 40 pound bag for $28.00. Which bag of dog food is cheaper per pound?

What is the 40 lb bag at .70 cents per pound?

400

The prime factorization of 29

What is 29 (it is a prime number)?

500

Hosford Linens sells hand towels in sets of 7 and bath towels in sets of 12. If the store sold the same number of each this morning, what is the smallest number of each type of towel that the store must have sold?

What is 84

500

LCM between 7, 6, and 4

What is 84?

500

GCF between 36 and 45 and 18

What is 9

500

Hector ran 15 miles in 3 hours. How many miles per second is this?

What is .0138888 . . .Miles per second

500

Prime factorization of 256

What is

2*2*2*2*2*2

 or 

2^8

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