Post on 17-Dec-2015
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Ms. L strolled into the local donut shop and
handed the clerk her list. Of course, being a
math teacher, the list was in Mathanese.
Chocolate frosted with sprinkles
Glazed
Orange frosted with sprinkles
Pink frosted with sprinkles
• How many of each type did Ms. L want?
• Ms. L wanted to have several identical boxes of donuts.
• Each box would have the same number of each type of donut.
• Ms. L asked the clerk to make as many identical boxes as possible.
Baffled, the clerk told Ms. L he did not
know how to figure this out.
Ms. L shook her head and said, “My dear
boy, one simply needs to find the GCF of
the amounts of each type of donut!”
• How many boxes of donuts did Ms. L bring to school?
• How many of each type of donut are in each box?
Answer Key part 1
• Chocolate frosted with sprinkles
• Glazed
• Orange frosted with sprinkles
• Pink frosted with sprinkles