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Baseball Cards |
2017-04-20 |
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From Raquel: A minor league baseball team gave away baseball cards to each person entering the stadium. One group receives 28 baseball cards. A second group received 68 baseball card. If each person entering the stadium receive the same number of cards, what was the greatest possible number of baseball cards that each person could have received? Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Highest Common Factor of Two Polynomials |
2009-07-28 |
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From Nazrul: If x+a be the h.c.f. of x^2+px+q and x^2+mx+n, how can I prove that (p-m)a=q-n. Answered by Robert J. Dawson & Janice Cotcher. |
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Greatest common factor |
2007-01-26 |
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From Alexis: What is the greatest common factor of 52,and 100? Answered by Penny Nom. |
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The greatest common factor |
2006-10-17 |
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From Myrna: What is the greatest common factor of 49,164 and 80,860 Answered by Stephen La Rocque. |
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The greatest common factor of two numbers |
2006-07-16 |
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From Fadwa: What is the greatest common factor(GCF) of the following algebraic expressions? 1680 and 6048
Answered by Stephen La Rocque. |
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GCD |
2006-03-20 |
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From Jana: How can i prove:
if gcd(a,b)=1 then gcd(a+b,ab)=1 Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Highest common factor |
2006-02-06 |
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From Sajid:
1.A rectangular field has dimensions 156 m and 84 m. It is to be fenced with wire netting supported by stakes, equally spaced, a stake being placed at each corner of the field. What is the greatest possible distance between any two stakes, given that it should be more than 2 m and less than 8 m?
2. What is the length of the side of the largest square tile which can be used to cover a floor 525 cm long by 275 cm wide without leaving a gap?
3. Find the greatest number which will divide 140 and 249 to leave remainders 8 and 18 respectively?
4. Find the greatest number which will divide 304 and 298 so as to leave remainder 4 in each case.
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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GCF, LCM, primes and the ladder method |
2006-01-07 |
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From Linda: How would I teach both finding the GCF and LCM with prime factors...I recall the ladder method vaguely.??? Answered by Penny Nom. |
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GCD and LCM |
2004-10-31 |
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From Cartalina: how do you calculate the "positive difference between the GCF and LCM of two numbers"? Answered by Penny Nom. |
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GCD (a + b , a^2 - ab + b^2) |
2004-08-27 |
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From Carol: Let a and b integer and relatively prime. Proof that:
GCD (a + b , a^2 - ab + b^2) = 1 or 3 Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Greatest Common Factor |
2003-11-08 |
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From Beth: How do you use the Greatest Common Factor in addtion and subtraction of fraction? Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Some 5th grade problems |
2003-01-24 |
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From Sabrina:
[What is the greatest common factor of 20,28, and 36?] next problem is [5k+7(k+8)= ] next problem [Curtis simplified 0.8 divided by 0.2 x 0.04 and got 10. Latoya Simplified and got 1.6. is either correct? Can you explaine how you got the answer please.] Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Reduce 79,537/3,623,420 |
2001-12-13 |
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From Eliana: How do you reduce 79,537/3,623,420. Answered by Claude Tardif. |
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GCD and LCM |
2001-09-24 |
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From David: Find the GCD adn LCM of the following numbers. Assume p 2 to the power p, 3 to power q, 5 to power r and 2 to power q, 3 to power r, 7 to power p Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Greatest Common Factor |
2001-05-09 |
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From Nicole: What is the Greatest Common Facter for:
126,261 1008,1080 546,1995 128,256 and 255,256 Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Greatest common factor |
2001-01-17 |
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From A teacher: I'm a teacher at a local Middle School and I would like the answers for the following questions. What is the greatest common factor for.. 546 and 780 156 and 732 . . . Answered by Leeanne Boehm and Penny Nom. |
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A pair of numbers whose GCF is 28 |
2000-12-27 |
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From John: Name 2 different pairs of numbers whose GCF is 28. Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Factoring, primes, GCF and LCM |
2000-02-27 |
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From Ruth Kroek: My son is in grade seven, he has to do a Factoring Booklet the areas covered are: - Prime #'s
- Composite #'s
- Rainbow Factoring
- Finding Multiples (consecutive multiples)
- Finding GCF of 2-3 numbers uning Rainbow factoring
- Finding LCM of 2 numbers using consecutive multiples
- prime factor trees
- prime factor ladders
- finding GCF of 2 numbers using Prime number Method
Although his text 'Math Power' gives some information, we are at a loss .. Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Greatest Common Factor. |
1998-01-09 |
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From Percy Stribling: how do you figure out what the greater common factor is? Answered by Penny Nom. |
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