Question

Question

Bottles of water come in packages of 5. Cheese sticks come in packages of 12.

What is the least number of packages of each you have to buy to have the same number of bottles of water and cheese sticks?

Drag and drop an answer into each box to complete the statement.

You need to buy____packages of bottles of water and___packages of cheese sticks

Answer 1

12 packages of water

5 packages of cheese sticks

Explanation:

The LCM (least common multiple) of 5 and 12 is 60.

w = # of pkgs of water

c = # of pkgs of cheese sticks

5w = 12c = 60

w = 60/5 = 12

c = 60/12 = 5