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GCF Problem Solving
Ms. Pandolfino
SWBAT solve problems using gcf in and out of context
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Homework: GCF Problem Solving HW
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Do Now: Use prime factorization to find the gcf of 196
Class Notes
Jasmine is making bead necklaces. She has 90 green beads and
108 blue beads.
 A.) What is the greatest number of identical necklaces she
can make if she wants to use all of the beads?
Jasmine is making bead necklaces. She has 90 green beads and
108 blue beads.
 B.)
How many blue beads will be in each necklace?
 How
many green beads will be in each necklace?
I Do - You Help
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The city of Clarksville is honoring 5 mothers and 10 fathers as winners of its
"Best Parent" contest. The plan is to take several group photographs, each with
the same combination of mothers and fathers and no parents left out. What is
the greatest number of photos that can be taken?
You Do - I Help
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At a party, the cheese pizza is cut into 45 slices and the veggie pizza is cut into 63 slices.
If the host wants to serve identical platters that contain the same combination of cheese
and veggie slices, with no slices left over, what is the greatest number of platters the
host can prepare?
# cheese slices____
# veggie slices_____
Bachelors Practice 1
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Kristen has two pieces of twine, one 60 inches long and the other 84
inches long. If she wants to cut them up to produce many pieces of
twine that are all of the same length, with no twine left over, what is
the greatest length, in inches, that she can make them?
Bachelors Practice 2
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With flu season coming up, Daron decides to make get-well-soon kits.
He has 72 cans of chicken soup and 24 boxes of tissue, which he wants
to use to make identical kits with no materials left over. What is the
greatest number of get-well-soon kits Daron can make?
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____Kits
_____Cans of Soup
_______ Boxes of Tissues
Bachelors Practice 3
.) Deja is making stationery sets from 7 sheets of paper and 28
envelopes. If she wants all the sets to be identical without any paper or
envelopes left over, what is the greatest number of sets Deja can make?
Deja can make_________ stationary sets
with _______ sheets(s) of paper and ____ ____
envelopes in each set.
Bachelors 4
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Mr. Koller, the science teacher, collected 36 sedimentary rocks
and 96 metamorphic ones. Now he wants to create some
identical kits for studying rocks, without having any rocks left
over. What is the greatest number of kits he can create?
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Mr. Koller can make _____ kits with _____ sedimentary rocks and
______ metamorphic rocks.
Masters Practice
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Ms. Pandolfino has baked 84 raisin cookies, 106 muffins and
128 chocolate chip cookies, which all smell delicious! They
smell so good she would like to keep 4 raisin cookies, 6 muffins
and 8 chocolate chip cookies for herself though she know she
has to cut down on sweets. She'll then put the rest into boxes
with equal numbers of each type. What would be the largest
number of cookies or muffins in each box?
Exit Ticket
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A choir director at your school wants to divide the choir into smaller
groups. There are 24 sopranos, 60 altos, and 36 tenors. Each group will
have the same number of each type of voice.
A. What is the greatest number of groups that can be formed?
B. How many s opranos , altos, and tenors will be in each group?
(3 pts)
_________Sopranos
_________Altos
__________Tenors