Question

You've been told fans will be given a free rally towel every 8 games.Also the knicks are going to wear their throwback jerseys every 12 games.If the fans were given a rally towel and the knicks wore their throwback jerseys tonight how many games will it be untill the next time when both happened?

Answer 1

We need to find the lowest common multiple of 8 and 12.

Reminder that the LCM is the lowest number that divides evenly with both of the given numbers.

We can make a chart and see that:

Multiples of 8: 8, 16, 24, 32

Multiples of 12: 12, 24...wait! We have a match with 24!

Therefore, there will be 24 more games until both events will occur.