Question

Mrs. Patterson’s bakery sells fruit pastries in packages of 15, while chocolate pastries come in packages of 12. What is the smallest number of each type of package you need to buy to get the same number of both type of pastries?

Answer 1

4 packages of fruits, 5 packages of chocolate

Explanation:

We need to find the lowest common multiple of 12 and 15.

12 is ( 2 * 2 * 3) and 15 is (5 * 3).

The lowest common multiple would be three.

Then we can multiply 12 by 5 and 15 by 2 * 2.

The are both equal to 60.

Then we divide:

60 / 15 = 4, which is the amount of packages for the fruits

60/ 12 = 5, the packages of chocolates.

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