6.NOS.4 Group 2 · Challenge

Practice Set · Part 1

Find Factors and Multiples

Pick up where we left off

Name: Date: Group:

Where we left off

Our goal: I can find the greatest common factor and the least common multiple of two numbers, and use each to solve a real problem, explain why the method works, and use it on a problem I have not seen before.

The big idea: Use the GCF when you split amounts into equal groups, and the LCM when you need repeating amounts or events to match.

Model to copy — Example · GCF or LCM?

  1. Hot dogs come in packs of 10. Buns come in packs of 8. You want the same number of hot dogs and buns. What is the least number of each you can buy?
  2. Decide: GCF or LCM?: packs → multiples → LCM
  3. List multiples of 10 and of 8: 10, 20, 30, 40; 8, 16, 24, 32, 40
  4. Find the least common multiple: LCM = 40
  5. Find how many packs of each: 40 ÷ 10 = 4; 40 ÷ 8 = 5
  6. Buy 40 of each: 4 packs of hot dogs and 5 packs of buns.

Start here

Use the model to solve the first problem. Then try these quick review questions from earlier lessons.

  1. 1

    Same stepsFinish what the group started. Use the model above, step for step.

    Try it together — then prove it:
    1. Use prime factors to find the GCF of 48 and 36. Then explain why the method works.
    2. Write 48 and 36 as products of primes. (48: 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 → 36: 2 × 2 × 3 × 3)
    3. Multiply the primes both numbers share. (2 × 2 × 3 = 12)
    4. Why do we multiply only the primes both numbers share? (A common factor must divide both numbers. Only the shared primes are in both 48 and 36.)
    Show your work
  2. 2

    Quick reviewWhich expression is equivalent to 5x + 2x?

    1. A7x
    2. B7x²
    3. C10x
    4. D52x

    How do you know?

  3. 3

    Quick reviewAre 3(n + 2) and 3n + 6 equivalent? Test with n = 4.

    1. ANo — one is 18 and one is 14
    2. BYes — both equal 18
    3. CYes, but only when n = 0
    4. DYou cannot test with a number

    How do you know?

  4. 4

    Quick reviewSimplify 6a + 4 − 2a.

    1. A2a + 4
    2. B4a + 4
    3. C4a
    4. D8a

    How do you know?

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Keep going

Try these on your own

Choose an answer. Then explain how you know.

  1. 5

    Think it throughWhat is the GCF of 48 and 36?

    1. A4
    2. B6
    3. C12
    4. D144

    Why is that the answer?

  2. 6

    Think it throughWhat is the LCM of 6 and 8?

    1. A2
    2. B14
    3. C24
    4. D48

    How do you know? Give a second reason as well.

  3. 7

    Think it throughA problem asks when two repeating schedules meet again. Which do you use?

    1. AThe least common multiple
    2. BThe greatest common factor
    3. CEither one works
    4. DNeither — you list factors

    Explain your thinking. What would have to change for a different choice to be right?

  4. 8

    Back to the modelBoth problems say “common.” How do you decide whether a problem wants the GCF or the LCM?

Sort it again — on paper this time

Write the letter of the group each one belongs in.

A — Greatest common factorB — Least common multiple
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Find Factors and Multiples

Words and reasoning

Word bank · Banco de palabras

Factor (Factor)Multiple (Múltiplo)Greatest common factor (GCF) (Máximo común divisor (MCD))Least common multiple (LCM) (Mínimo común múltiplo (mcm))Factor pair (Par de factores)Prime factorization (Descomposición en factores primos)Greatest Common Factor (Máximo común divisor)Common factor (Factor común)

Use the words

Fill each blank with a word from the bank.

Explain the thinking

  1. 9

    Find the mistakeRead the mistake. Explain what went wrong, then show the correct step.

    The mistake: A common mistake is reaching for the wrong tool: listing FACTORS for a problem about repeating cycles.
  2. 10

    Say moreHow did you find the factors that 24 and 36 share, and how did you decide which one is the GCF?

  3. 11

    Write your ownWrite your own problem about this situation, then solve it and show the answer. The situation: Mission Control sorted the factors of 56 and the factors of 48 into two overlapping rings. The numbers that divide BOTH 56 and 48 sit in the middle, where the rings cross.

    Show your work
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Show what you know

Last check

These two come from Lesson 6.6. If they are shaky, that is the lesson to revisit — not this one.

  1. 12

    Show what you knowExplain your thinking — Two supply runs repeat every 6 weeks and every 8 weeks, and both happen this week. When will they next happen in the same week?

    1. AWeek 2, the greatest common factor of 6 and 8
    2. BWeek 14, because 6 + 8 = 14
    3. CWeek 24, the least common multiple of 6 and 8
    4. DWeek 48, because 6 × 8 = 48

    Explain your choice.

  2. 13

    From Lesson 6.6Explain your thinking — Which expression is equivalent to 6n + 4 + 3n − 1?

    1. A9n + 3
    2. B9n + 5
    3. C18n + 4
    4. D63n

    How do you know?

  3. 14

    From Lesson 6.6Test it: what does each expression equal when h = 5?

    1. AA = 50 and B = 60
    2. BBoth equal 60
    3. CA = 60 and B = 55
    4. DBoth equal 90

    How do you know?

Check your progress

Choose the box that best describes how you feel about each skill.

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I can find the greatest common factor and the least common multiple of two numbers, and use each to solve a real problem, explain why the method works, and use it on a problem I have not seen before.
I can explain why it works: Use the GCF when you split amounts into equal groups, and the LCM when you need repeating amounts or events…
I can justify my answer to a skeptic and connect it to a second strategy or representation.

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