LCM & HCF

1. Ben exercises every 12 days and Isabel every 8 days. Ben and Isabel both exercised today. How many days will it be until they exercise together again? 2. Two bikers are riding a circular path. The first rider completes a round in 12 minutes. The second rider completes a round in 18 minutes. If they both started at the same place and time and go in the same direction, after how many minutes will they meet again at the starting point? 3. Mr. Brackett works in factory with his two sons. He is really happy with his job because he gets to spend some time with his beloved sons not only at home but also at work! He is allowed to take a break every 140 minutes while his two sons are allowed to take breaks in 210 minutes and 280 minutes. How many minutes will they have to wait after their first break together to get together again? 4. Robert, John and Paul start to run from the same point, in the same direction, around a circular track. If they take 126 seconds, 154 seconds and 198 seconds respectively to complete one round along the track, when will they next meet again at the starting point? 5. Three ribbons of lengths 160 cm, 192 cm and 240 cm respectively are to be cut into a number of equal pieces without any leftover. Find: (a) the greatest possible length of each piece (b) the total number of pieces cut from the three ribbons 6. Samantha has two pieces of cloth. One piece is 72 inches wide and the other piece is 90 inches wide. She wants to cut both pieces into strips of equal width that are as wide as possible. How wide should she cut the strips? 7. By coincidence, Bryan's Paint Supplies sold equal quantities of two paint colors yesterday: yellow and blue. All yellow paint comes in 3-liter containers while blue paint is sold in containers of 8 liter. What is the smallest amount of each paint color the store must have sold? 8. Robert, John and Peter were given 3 equal lengths of rods. Robert cut his rod into pieces 42 cm long, John cut his rod into pieces 24 cm long and Peter cut his rod into pieces 60 cm long. If there was no remainder in each case, what was the shortest length of rod given to each of them? 9. Denise has 20 large bottles of soda and 12 large jugs of water. In preparation for the intermission of the school play, Denise wants to set up identical refreshment tables and have no beverages left over. What is the greatest number of refreshment tables that she can set up? 10. Mrs. Evans has 120 crayons and 30 pieces of paper to give to her students. What is the largest number of students she can have in her class so that each student gets equal number of crayons and equal number of paper? 11. Rosa is making a game board that is 16 inches by 24 inches. She wants to use square tiles. What is the larges tile she can use? 12. I am planting 50 apple trees and 30 peach trees. I want the same number and type of trees per row. What is the maximum number of trees I can plant per row? 13. Walker is arranging her students into groups for the next school debate. When she groups them in 5s, 2 students are left out. When she groups them in 4s, 1 student is left out. When she groups them in 7s, 4 students are left out. What is the least number of students Ms.Walker has? 14. Pearl is shopping at a supermarket. She is getting things for the sandwiches she is going to prepare for next Sunday's picnic. She sees that hamburger buns come in packs of 8 but the hamburgers themselves are in packages of 10. What's the least number of packets she should get of each so that there are no leftovers?