Question

Cups are sold 6 to a package and plates are sold 8 to a package. If you want to have the same number of each item for a party

a) What is the least number of packages of each you need to buy?

Answer 1

24

Explanation:

If you want to find the least amount of packages, you'll have to find what multiple they have in common.

One way to find this is 6x8, which is 48, but that isn't always the lowest.

Here are the first few multiples of six: 6, 12, 18, (24), 30, 36, 42, and 48.

Here are the first few multiples of eight: 8, 16, (24), 32, 40, 48, 56, and64