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GCF and LCM Word Problems
Greatest Common Factor (GCF)
1. Sally had 10 purple beads, 25 yellow beads and 30 red beads. She is
going to make identical bracelets for her friends. What is the maximum
number of bracelets she can make if she wanted to use all of her beads?
2. The Student Council collected 60 pens, 90 pencils and 45 packs of paper
to donate to students who cannot afford the supplies. They made packages
with the same number of supplies in each. What is the maximum number of
packages the group could make if they used all of the supplies?

3. The PTA put together baskets for a silent auction. The students donated
the items for baskets. Altogether the PTA collected 100 movie tickets, 50
boxes of microwave popcorn and 75 bottles of soda. What is the maximum
number of identical baskets they can make if they used all of the items
collected?
Least Common Multiple (LCM)
4. Robbie and Cynthia are cousins. Robbie visits his grandmother every 6
days. Cynthia visits her grandmother every 5 days. Over the next 40 days,
how many will the two cousins visit their grandmother on the same day?

5. Peggy has three plants. She waters the cactus every 5 days, the spider
plant every 3 days and the violet every 2 days. She watered all three plants
on October 1st. What is the next day that she will water all three plants on
the same day?
6. Gary made 20 treat bags for his Halloween party. In every 3rd bag he put
lollipops, in every 4th bag he put Hershey Kisses and in every 5th bag he put
fake eyeballs. How many of the 20 bags have all three items in them?

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GCF or LCM? Figure it out!
7. Julie made identical necklaces out of the shells she collected on the
beach. Altogether she used 10 brown shells, 15 black shells and 20 blue
shells. If she made the maximum number of necklaces possible, how many
brown shells were on each necklace?
8. Mable made Easter eggs filled with jellybeans. She used 32 green
jellybeans, 48 yellow jellybeans and 64 purple jellybeans. She used the
same number of each color in every egg. What is the maximum number of
eggs she could make?

9. Using information from number 7, how many purple jellybeans were in

each egg?

10. Mr. E passed out paper to his students on Monday. He gave every 10th
student a green piece of paper, every 6th student a white piece of paper and
every 3rd student a purple piece of paper. How many students out of 90
received all three colored papers?
11. Viridiana, a costume designer, has 36 bat buttons, 27 pumpkin buttons,
and 18 black cat buttons she must use to create costumes. What is the
largest number of costumes she can make without having any buttons left
over?
12. Landon 60 peppermints, 90 candy corns and 120 lollipops. He wants to
make packages of these candies to bring to his school to pass out to his
classmates. What is the maximum number of packages he can make using
all items?
13. Hot dogs come in packages of 12 and hot dog buns come in packages
of 10. What is the least number of packages of each that Dominique can buy
to be able to have a barbeque with no buns or hot dogs left over?
14.Sara has 16 red flowers and 24 yellow flowers. She wants to make
bouquets with the same number of each color flower in each bouquet. What
is the greatest number of bouquets she can make?

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15. Two neon signs are turned on at the same time. Both signs blink as they
are turned on. One sign blinks every 9 seconds. The other sign blinks every
15 seconds. In how many seconds will they blink together again?