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In solving problems, we take into considerations the following. (1)
What do I know? (2) What do I need to find out? (3) What is my plan?
This will help you to answer the different problems that you will encoun-
ter.
Learning Task 4: Apply the LCM and GCF in solving the word problems
below. Write your answer in your notebook.
1. Mary has two pieces of cloth. One piece is 72 inches wide and the
other piece is 90 inches wide. She wants to cut both pieces into
strips of equal width that are as wide as possible. How wide should
she cut the strips?
2. Jerwin exercises every 12 days and Nikki every 8 days. Jerwin and
Nikki both exercised today. How many days will be until they
exercise together again?
3. Cean has 8-inch pieces of toy train track and Ruth has 18-inch
pieces of train track. How many of each piece would each child
need to build tracks that are equal in length?