Question

Manny makes dinner using 1 box of pasta and 1 jar of sauce. If pasta is sold in packages of 10 boxes and sauce is sold in packages of 2 jars, what is the least number of dinners that Manny can make without any supplies leftover?

Answer 1

10 dinners

Explanation:

We solve using the Least Common Multiple Method.

We are told:

Pasta is sold in packages of 10 boxes Sauce is sold in packages of 2 jars.

We find the Multiples of 2 and 10

Multiples of 2:

2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14

Multiples of 10:

10, 20, 30

Therefore,

LCM(2, 10) = 10

The least number of dinners that Manny can make without any supplies leftover is 10 dinners