Question

Crackers come in packages of 24 cheese slices come in packages of 18 and he wants one cheese slice for each cracker Patrick me the statement below if Andy doesn't want any crackers or cheese slices left over he needs to buy at least 432 of each is Patrick statement correct use numbers or words to explain why were you know if Patrick's exclamation is not correct what should he do?

Answer 1

Patrick's statement is incorrect

Explanation:

Crackers come in packages of 24

cheese slices come in packages of 18

He wants one cheese slice for each cracker

Patrick made the statement below "if Andy doesn't want any crackers or cheese slices left over he needs to buy at least 432 of each"

Patrick's statement is incorrect

The lowest common multiple ( L. C. M) of 24 and 18 is 72

Therefore, Andy needs 72 packages of crackers and 72 packages of cheese slice so that no crackers or cheese slice will remain.