Question

Charlotte and Barry are each assigned a paper for a class they share. Charlotte decides to write 12 pages at a time while Barry decides to write 2 pages at a time. If they end up writing the same number of pages, what is the smallest number of pages that the papers could have had?

Answer 1

12 ( or 24, depending on what the question is asking)

Explanation:

The lowest common multiple of 12 and 2 is 12.

If Charlotte doesn't write anymore pages after writing the original twelve, and Barry writes 2 pages six times, they both write the same number of pages. So, the smallest number of pages is 12

However, if the question is asking for the smallest total number of pages, then the answer is 24 since they both write 12 pages each.