Question

You work in a pipe factory and you have so many extra bundles of pipes of different
lengths, 24m, 48m, 72m, and 36m. You have to cut the minimum number of pipes with
low wastages and put them together. What will you do?

Answer 1

Answer:

H.C.F. : We can use the H.C.F. method where we need:

1) To split things into smaller sections?

2) To equally distribute 2 or more sets of items into their largest grouping?

3) To figure out how many people we can invite?

4) To arrange something into rows or groups?

Real life example : Maya has two pieces of cloth. One piece is 36 inches wide and the other piece is 24 inches wide. She wants to cut both pieces into strips of equal width that are as wide as possible. How wide should she cut the strips?

Answer:

This problem can be solved using H.C.F. because we are cutting or “dividing” the strips of cloth into smaller pieces (Factor) of 36 and 24 (Common) and we are looking for the widest possible strips (Highest).

So,

H.C.F. of 36 and 24 is 12

So we can say that

Priyanka should cut each piece to be 12 inches wide .

L.C.M. : we use find L.C.M. where ,

1) About an event that is or will be repeating over and over.

2) To purchase or get multiple items in order to have enough.

3) To figure out when something will happen again at the same time.

Real life example : Mika exercises every 12 days and Nanu every 8 days. Ram and Deepika both exercised today. How many days will it be until they exercise together again?

So,

This problem can be solved using Least Common Multiple because we are trying to figure out when the soonest (Least) time will be that as the event of exercising continues (Multiple), it will occur at the same time (Common).

Answer : L.C.M. of 12 and 8 is 24 .

SO,

They will exercise together again in 24