Question

Tim is buying packages of paper plates and cups. He wants to have equal amounts of each, but plates come 24 per pack, and cups come 16 per pack. What is the least amount of plates and cups Tim will have to buy to get the same number of each?

8
16
24
48

Answer 1

lcm(24,16)=48
Note, if gcd (24,16)=1 then lcm (24,16)=24*16