Number & Rounding
Common Factors and the HCF.
Common Multiples and the LCM.
Question 1:
a) List all the factors of 10.
b) List all the factors of 15.
c) Write down all the common factors of 10 and 15.
A = 1,10,2,5
B = 1,15,3,5,
C = 1,5
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Question 2:
a) Write down the first ten multiples of 2.
b) Write down the first ten multiples of 3.
c) List the first three common multiples of 2 and 3.
A 2 8 10,120 14 16,018,20
b 3,609,120,15 21,24 27,30
e 6 12 18
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Question 3: Write down all the common factors of each of these pairs of numbers.
a) 6 and 8
b) 15 and 20
1,1 10,4 s
c) 9 and 15
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d) 7 and 14
1,7
1114,2 7
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Question 4: Write down three common multiples of each of these pairs of numbers.
a) 2 and 5
10 20,30
b) 10 and 15
30 60,40
c) 6 and 9
18,36 St
12,27 36
d) 6 and 12
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Question 5:
a) List all the factors of 14.
1,14 2,7
b) List all the factors of 21.
1121,317
c) Find the highest common factor (HCF) of 14 and 21.
7
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Question 6:
a) Write down the first ten multiples of 6. 6 12,18 30,36 4254,60
b) Write down the first ten multiples of 8.
8,16 32,40 4856,72,80
c) Find the lowest common multiple (LCM) of 6 and 8. 24
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Question 7: Find the lowest common multiple (LCM) of each of these pairs of numbers.
a) 15 and 40 2
3 542 2
b) 12 and 20 600
c) 13 and 4 13 2 2
d) 18 and 6
18
e) 20 and 28 7 2 2 212 to
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Question 8: Find the highest common factor (HCF) of each of these pairs of numbers.
a) 10 and 17
I 10,1 2,5 7 1
b) 30 and 45
15
c) 40 and 60 20
d) 28 and 63
7
e) 24 and 36
k
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Question 9: Find the highest common factor (HCF) of each of these sets of numbers.
a) 12, 6 and 15
1,12 3,412,6 6,112,3 1511,5
b) 27, 33 and 12
27,113,9 33,1 11,3 12,34
c) 30, 15 and 25
30,115,7 15,113,5
d) 8, 20 and 12
8,112,4 20111410,514
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Question 10: Find the lowest common multiple (LCM) of each of these sets of numbers.
a) 2, 5 and 7
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b) 5, 6 and 9
10
c) 10, 12 and 15
10 12 Is 25 3
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60 4s s
60
d) 2, 3, 4 and 5
60
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Question 11:
A toad croaks every 8 seconds.
A frog croaks every 6 seconds.
They both croak at the same time.
After how many seconds will they next both croak at the same time?
8,16 32 40 48 56
6 12 18
24 seconds
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Question 12:
The lowest common multiple of two numbers is 60.
Only one of the numbers is a multiple of 4.
Write down two possible numbers.
3 4
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Question 13:
Alannah has two lengths of ribbon.
One length of ribbon is 36cm long and the other length is 45cm [Link]
wants to cut lengths of ribbon into shorter lengths that are of equal length.
Alannah does not want any ribbon left over.
What is the longest possible length for each of the shorter lengths of ribbon?
36 3 4 6,90 12 18,36
1,2
45 I 35,0915,45
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Question 14:
A bus leaves Antrim Bus Station every 12 minutes.
A train leaves Antrim Train Station every 18 minutes.
At 8am a bus and a train leave the stations at the same time.
a) When is the next time that a bus and a train leave at the same time?
b) Between 8am and 11am, on how many occasions does a bus and a train
leave at the same time?
a 16 24,36 b 8 00
18,36 8 56
9 12 6 times
8 36am 9 48
10 24
11 00
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Question 15:
Olivia thinks of two numbers.
The lowest common multiple (LCM) of the two numbers is 36.
The highest common factor (HCF) of the two numbers is 3.
Both numbers are less than 15.
Write down two possible numbers that Olivia could be thinking of.
Lem 9 12 36 9,113,3
ACF 9,12 3 12,113,4
36,112,18 12,9 4,3
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Question 16:
Niamh thinks of two numbers.
The highest common factor (HCF) of the two numbers is 8.
The lowest common multiple (LCM) of the two numbers is a multiple of 5.
Write down two possible numbers that Niamh could be thinking of.
HLF 8,405 8
LCM 8 70 40
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Question 17:
Emily thinks of two numbers.
The highest common factor (HCF) of the two numbers is 1.
The lowest common multiple (LCM) of the two numbers is a multiple of 40.
Write down two possible numbers that Emily could be thinking of.
HCF 5,85 1
LCM 5,8 to
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Question 18:
A red light flashes every 6 seconds.
A green light flashes every 15 seconds.
A blue light flashes every 21 seconds.
They have all Flashed at the same time.
After how many seconds will they next all Flash at the same time?
6112,18 24 30 36 42,48 5
LCM 6 15,21 2106
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2 3 5 7 210
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Question 19:
Explain why Charlie is wrong.
48
LCM of 886
24
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Question 20:
Jennifer says that the lowest common multiple of two consecutive numbers is
equal to the product of the two numbers.
By trying four different pairs of consecutive numbers, explore her theory.
LCM 2 3 6
72
true
LCM 8,9
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