Question
jack wants to buy an equal number of green,blue and white ornarments for his holiday tree.green ornarments come in packages of3; blue ornarments come in packages of 6; the white ones come in packages of 4.what is the least number of packages of each color he must he buy.
Answers
Ms. Sue
The least common multiple is 12.
Damon
3g = 6b = 4w
factor each to find least common multiple
3 = 3
6 = 3*2
4 = 2*2
so we need 2*2*3 = 12
12/3 = 4
12/6 = 2
12/4 = 3
so
4 green
2 blue
3 white
for 12 of each
factor each to find least common multiple
3 = 3
6 = 3*2
4 = 2*2
so we need 2*2*3 = 12
12/3 = 4
12/6 = 2
12/4 = 3
so
4 green
2 blue
3 white
for 12 of each