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Greatest Common Factor

Last updated over 4 years ago

5 questions

Learning Target: How can knowing the Greatest Common Factor help you solve problems more efficiently?

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Question 1

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The greatest common factor of 30 and 18 is 6. What do you think the term “greatest common factor” means?

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Question 2

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Find all of the factors of 21 and 6. Then, identify the greatest common factor of 21 and 6.

Question 3

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Find all of the factors of 28 and 12. Then, identify the greatest common factor of 28 and 12.

Question 4

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Diego is preparing brownies and cookies for a bake sale. He would like to make equal-size bags for selling all of the 48 brownies and 64 cookies that he has.
How can Diego package all the brownies and cookies so that each bag has the same number of them? How many bags can he make, and how many brownies and cookies  will be in each bag? Find all the possible ways to package the baked goods.

Question 5

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How is the solution to the problem about Diego related to  greatest common factor?