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Properties of Integers (Divisors and Multiples) Review
B-4Word Problems
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What this worksheet covers
Listing divisors and multiples comes first, and pulling out what two numbers share leads on to common divisors, the greatest common divisor, common multiples and the least common multiple. Both listing and calculation are covered, along with word problems that ask when a quantity divides evenly and when two cycles line up again.
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The most frequent error is choosing the wrong tool for the situation, a greatest common divisor where a least common multiple was needed or the reverse. An answer smaller than the original numbers means a common divisor situation, and a larger one means common multiples. When listing divisors, 1 and the number itself also go missing.
The rows of the times table become a clue for studying number properties from an angle not tried before. What this rests on is the sequence of the 4s and 3s tables memorized in Times Tables: 5, 2, 3, and 4 in grade 2. The numbers found here are used exactly as they are in the unit that follows, Properties of Fractions, for reducing and finding common denominators.
- Common Divisors and Greatest Common Divisor · Listing Common Divisors (Word Problems)1 question
- Common Divisors and Greatest Common Divisor · Using the Greatest Common Divisor2 questions
- Common Multiples and Least Common Multiple · Using the Least Common Multiple2 questions
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Problems and answers on this worksheet
These are the problems in “Properties of Integers (Divisors and Multiples)”, shown with their answers.
(1)There are 15 balloons and 45 ribbons. We want to share these balloons and these ribbons each equally among some number of people, with none left over. Excluding 1 person, list all the numbers of people that they can be shared among equally. Answer □
Answer: 3, 5, 15
(2)There are 21 ribbons and 42 ropes. We want to find out how many people we can share the ribbons and the ropes among, so that each person gets the same number of each with none left over. If we share them among as many people as possible, how many people will there be? Answer □
Answer: 21people
(3)There are 24 pizzas and 48 sandwiches. We want to find out how many people we can share the pizzas and the sandwiches among, so that each person gets the same number of each with none left over. If we share them among as many people as possible, how many people will there be? Answer □
Answer: 24people
(4)You keep joining tapes 5cm long end to end, and separately keep joining tapes 6cm long. At what length do the two first become the same length, in how many cm? Answer □
Answer: 30cm
(5)Lamp A flashes every 5 seconds, and Lamp B flashes every 7 seconds. After they flash at the same time, how many seconds later do they next flash at the same time? Answer □
Answer: 35seconds later
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