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Sam and Jo created a grocery list. To make it easier to look at, they each split the list into equal groups. Sam splits the list into groups of 4 and Jo split the list into groups of 6. What is the smallest number of items that could be on the grocery list?

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Answer:

12

Explanation:

The least common multiple of 4 and 6 is what we are looking for

4,8 ,12,16,20

6,12,18

The smallest number is 12

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