Prime Factorization
Patty has two pieces of yarn, one 12 feet long and the other 18 feet long. For a craft project, she wants to cut them up to produce many pieces of yarn that are all of the same length, with no yarn left over. What is the greatest length, in feet, that she can make them?
6 feet
List the firsts 3 multiples of 6.
6, 12, 18
What is the least common multiple of 3 and 5?
Derek and Riley are training for a marathon. Derek runs 4 kilometers at a time while Riley prefers to run in blocks of 8 kilometers. At the end of a month, they realize that they have run same total number of kilometers. What is the smallest number of kilometers that each must have run?
8
What is the prime factorization of 18?
2 x 3 x 3
What is the great common factor of 50 and 40?
Bridget has two pieces of ribbon, one 45 inches long and the other 36 inches long. To decorate an album, she wants to cut them up to produce many pieces of ribbon that are all of the same length, with no ribbon left over. What is the greatest length, in inches, that she can make them?
9
What is the prime factorization of 24?
2 x 2 x 2 x 3
Dirk's Apparel sells undershirts in packs of 11. The store's competitor, Gabe's Basics, sells undershirts in packs of 2. If both stores sold the same number of undershirts yesterday, what is the smallest number of undershirts each could have sold?
22