Factors
Prime Factors
Highest Common Factor
Lowest Common Multiple
Worded Questions
100
List factors of 12
1,2,3,4,6 and 12
100
What are the prime factors of 12
2 x 2 x 3
100
12 and 16
4
100
2 and 3
6
100

Timer 1 is set to beep every 8 minutes. Timer 2 is set to beep every 6 minutes. How many times will they beep at the same time in 30 minutes?

1

200
List factors of 18
1,2,3,6,9,18
200
What are the Prime Factors of 25
5 x 5
200
35 and 49
7
200
5 and 7
35
200

You bring snacks for your cricket team every fifth game. Every third game is a home game. When will be the first time you bring snacks to a home game?

15th Game

300
List factors of 35
1,5,7,35
300
What are the prime factors of 100
2 x 2 x 5 x 5
300
26 and 65
13
300
4 and 8
8
300

Mr Bellerby is making shark tooth necklaces. He has 60 great white teeth and 72 reef shark teeth. What is the greatest number of identical necklaces he can make if he wants to use all of the teeth?

6

400
100
1,2,4,5,10,20,25,50,100
400
What are the Prime factors of 180
2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 5
400
32 and 80
16
400
6 and 8
24
400

Three pigs entered a race around a track. Piggly takes 12 minutes to run one lap. Bacon takes 6 minutes to run one lap and it takes Oinky 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.

500
17
1, 17
500
What are the prime factors of 144
2x2x2x2x3x3
500
144 and 100
2
500
12 and 13
156
500

Jonny bakes 36 oatmeal cookies and 38 chocolate chip cookies to package into plastic containers for his 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