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Factors, multiples, primes, HCF and LCM worksheet — GCSE Foundation
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Factors, multiples, primes, HCF and LCM worksheet — GCSE Foundation
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- 1.At a bus station one bus leaves every 6 minutes and another leaves every 9 minutes. The two buses leave together at the start of the day. Work out how long it is until they next leave together.
- 2.Write 200 as a product of its prime factors, using index notation.
- 3.Tickets for a fairground ride are sold in packs of 6. Tokens for the dodgems are sold in packs of 10. Yusuf wants to buy the smallest number of packs of each so that he ends up with the same number of ride tickets as dodgem tokens. Work out how many ride tickets that is.
- 4.Work out the highest common factor of 15 and 25.
- 5.Write 90 as a product of its prime factors.
- 6.Work out the lowest common multiple of 9 and 15.
- 7.The number 24 can be written as 2³ × 3, and the number 60 can be written as 2² × 3 × 5. Work out the lowest common multiple of 24 and 60.
- 8.The number 72 can be written as 2³ × 3², and the number 108 can be written as 2² × 3³. Work out the highest common factor of 72 and 108.
- 9.Work out how many factors 100 has.
- 10.Work out how many factors 36 has.
- 11.Write down a prime number between 30 and 40.
- 12.Work out the highest common factor of 12 and 18.
- 13.Priya has 24 red beads and 36 blue beads. She makes identical bracelets, using every bead and with none left over. Work out the greatest number of bracelets she can make.
- 14.Write 60 as a product of its prime factors, using index notation.
- 15.Write 12 as a product of its prime factors.
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