Question

Brad is practicing the piano. He spends 14 hour practicing scales and 16 hour practicing the song for his recital. Find TWO possible common denominators for 14 and 16.

Answer 1

1 and 2

Explanation:

A denominator divides a number

to find the two common denominators of 14 and 16,

first we find the factors of 14 and 16.

Factors of 14 are: 1, 2, 7, 14.

Factors of 16 are: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16.

The two common factors between this numbers that will be able to divide these numbers without remainder are 1 and 2, therefore,

the two common denominators of 14 and 16 are 1 and 2