Question

If hot dogs are sold in packages or 10 and buns are sold in packages of of 8, what is the fewest number of packages of each would you need to buy to get an equal number of buns and hot dogs? (Show work)

Answer 1

Find a common multiple, 10, 20,30,40,50,60,70,89
8,16,24,32,40. The least common multiple is 40, therefore you would need 4 packs of hot dogs and 5 packs of buns because 4 x 10= 40 and 8 x 5 = 40