HCF LCM Word Problems Year 6-7

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HCF and LCM word Problems

Sam is baking cookies to put in packages for a fundraiser. Shaquira has made 86 chocolate chip cookies
and 42 sugar cookies.
Shaquira wants to create identical packages of cookies to sell, and she must use all of the cookies.
What is the greatest number of identical packages that Shaquira can make? How many number of
each cookies per pack . ( She must use all of the cookies)

Abe is going to plant 54 oak trees and 27 pine trees.


Abe would like to plant the trees in rows that all have the same number of trees and are made up of only
one type of tree.
What is the greatest number of trees Abe can have in each row?

There are 72 boys and 90 girls on the math team. 


For the next math competition, Mr. Johnson would like to arrange all of the students in equal rows with
only girls or only boys in each row.
What is the greatest number of students that can be in each row?

Your local radio station is having their IPAD and concert ticket giveaway. For one minute, every 5th
caller will win an IPAD and every 7th  caller will win concert tickets.
You were just the first caller to win both an ipad and concert tickets!
What number caller were you?

Enzo and Beatriz are playing games at their local arcade.


Incredibly, Enzo wins 5 tickets from every game, and Beatriz wins 11 tickets from every game. When
they stopped playing games, Enzo and Beatriz had won the same number of total tickets. 
What is the minimum number of games that Enzo could have played?

Li Na is going to plant 63 tomato plants and 81 rhubarb plants.


Li Na would like to plant the plants in rows where each row has the same number of tomato plants and
each row has the same number of rhubarb plants.
What is the greatest number of rows Li Na can plant?

Sherman goes golfing every 6th day and Brad goes golfing every 7th day.
If Sherman and Brad both went golfing today, how many days until they will go golfing on the same
day again?
HCF and LCM word Problems

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