Lesson 18
Using Common Multiples and Common Factors
Problem 1
Mai, Clare, and Noah are making signs to advertise the school dance. It takes Mai 6 minutes to complete a sign, it takes Clare 8 minutes to complete a sign, and it takes Noah 5 minutes to complete a sign. They keep working at the same rate for a half hour.
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Will Mai and Clare complete a sign at the same time? Explain your reasoning.
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Will Mai and Noah complete a sign at the same time? Explain your reasoning.
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Will Clare and Noah complete a sign at the same time? Explain your reasoning
- Will all three students complete a sign at the same time? Explain your reasoning
Solution
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Problem 2
Diego has 48 chocolate chip cookies, 64 vanilla cookies, and 100 raisin cookies for a bake sale. He wants to make bags that have all three cookie flavors and the same number of each flavor per bag.
- How many bags can he make without having any cookies left over?
- Find the another solution to this problem.
Solution
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(From Unit 7, Lesson 16.)Problem 3
- Find the product of 12 and 8.
- Find the greatest common factor of 12 and 8.
- Find the least common multiple of 12 and 8.
- Find the product of the greatest common factor and the least common multiple of 12 and 8.
- What do you notice about the answers to question 1 and question 4?
- Choose 2 other numbers and repeat the previous steps. Do you get the same results?
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Problem 4
- Given the point \((5.5, \text-7)\), name a second point so that the two points form a vertical segment. What is the length of the segment?
- Given the point \((3, 3.5)\), name a second point so that the two points form a horizontal segment. What is the length of the segment?
Solution
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(From Unit 7, Lesson 11.)Problem 5
Find the value of each expression mentally.
- \(\frac12\boldcdot 37-\frac12 \boldcdot 7\)
- \(3.5\boldcdot 40+3.5\boldcdot 60\)
- \(999\boldcdot 5\)
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(From Unit 6, Lesson 9.)