Question

Oscar needs to ship 24 rock CDs, 12 classical CDs, and 8 pop CDs. He can pack only one type of CD in each box and he must pack the same number of CDs in each box. What is the greatest number of CDs Oscar can pack in each box?

GCF AND LCM

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Explanation:

We need to do GCF in this case.

2_|_ 24

2_|_ 12

2_|_ 6

3_|_ 3

_|_ 1

|

2_|_ 12

2_|_ 6

3_|_ 3

_|_ 1

|

2_|_ 8

2_|_ 4

2_|_ 2

_|_ 1

|

GCF = what all is common in the sequence.

In every sequence, 2×2 is common.

So, 4 is the answer.

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