Question

Pencils come in packs of six. Erasers come in packs of eight. Aron wants to purchase pencils and erasers such that he has exactly one eraser per pencil.
i. What is the minimum number of pencils or erasers he can buy? ________
ii. WhatisthesmallestnumberofpackagesofpencilsanderasersAronshouldbuy?

Answer 1

i.48

ii.pencil-4

eraser-3

EXPLAINED BELOW

i.

For minimum take out LCM of no. of pencils and no. of erasers

i.e,

pencils=6,12,18,24,30

erasers=8,16,24,32,40

so our LCM is

24

therefore, minimum number of pencils and erasers must be 24 so that there is one eraser per pencil.

ii.

erasers are in packages of 8

so to take no. of packages of erasers we will divide

i.e,

24÷8

=3

pencils are in no of 6

so to take no. of packages of pencils

we will divide

i.e,

24÷6

=4

no. of packages of pencils needed is 4

no. of packages of erasers needed is 3

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Answer 2

Answer:

24 is the minimum amount of pencils and erasers Aron can buy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pencil-4

Eraser-3

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