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Emilio’s family volunteers at the local soup

kitchen every 30 days. Emilio has swimming
lessons every 9 days. He has both activities
this Saturday. When will he have both
activities again on the same day?

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Answer:

Emilio will have both activities again on the same day after 90 days from this Saturday.

Explanation:

To solve this question list the multiples of 30 and 9 to find the first common multiple because the two activities will happen again in a number divisible by both 30 and 9.

∵ The multiples of 30 are: 30, 60, 90, 120, ............

∵ The multiples of 9 are: 9, 18, 27, 36, 45, 54, 63, 72, 81, 90, 99, .....

→ The common multiple is 90

∴ The common multiple of 30 and 9 is 90

→ That means the activities will meet again after 90 days from

this Saturday

Emilio will have both activities again on the same day after 90 days from this Saturday.

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