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Mathematics
Quarter 1 – Module 7:
Solving Real-Life Problems
Involving GCF and LCM

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Mathematics – Grade 5
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Quarter 1 – Module 7: Solving Real-Life Problems Involving GCF and LCM
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Mathematics
Quarter 1 – Module 7:
Solving Real-Life Problems
Involving GCF and LCM
Introductory Message
This Self Learning Module (SLM) is prepared so that you, our dear learners,
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 What I Need to Know

This module was designed to help the Grade 5 learners gain knowledge in solving
real-life problems involving greatest common factor and least common multiples of
2-3 given numbers. The activities are arranged to follow the standard sequence of
the lesson.

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. identify real-life problems involving GCF and LCM of 2-3 given
numbers; and
2. use a 4-step plan in solving real-life problems involving GCF and LCM
of two or more given numbers.
M5NS-Ie-70.2

What I Know

Recall what you have learned in the previous lessons and answer the test below.

Directions: Read and understand each given problem. Write the letter of the correct
answer on your worksheet.

1) What is the least number of atis that can be divided equally among three families
having 9, 8, and 12 members?
A. 70 B. 71 C. 72 D. 73

2) Rico waters his orchids every 4 days and his gumamela every 7 days. Not counting
the first day, when is the first time both plants are watered on the same day? When
is the next time that both plants will be watered again on the same day?
A. on the 27th day and 56th day C. on the 28th day and 54th day
B. on the 28 day and 48 day
th th D. on the 28th day and 56th day

3) The GCF of two numbers is 6 and their LCM is 36. If one of the numbers is 12,
what is the other number?
A. 15 B. 18 C. 24 D. 30

4) Some pupils in Grade 5 can pose for their snapshots in the photo booth in rows
of 9 or 8 during the school’s Science Camp. What is the least number of students
that can exactly be accommodated in both arrangements?
A. 70 B. 71 C. 72 D. 73

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5) Luisa is pasting pieces of wallpapers of equal sizes onto her bedroom wall
measuring 72 cm by 90 cm. If only whole square pieces are used, and the wall is
to be completely covered, what is the largest possible length of each piece?
A. 17 cm B. 18 cm C. 19 cm D. 20 cm

6) The School Canteen serves chicken and barbecue every 5 days and vegetable
lumpia every 4 days. On which days are both dishes served?
A. every 16th day C. every 25th day
B. every 20th day D. every 40th day

7) A company paints every sixth car it manufactures in red color. Mag wheels are
installed every eighth car. Which car will be red in color and have mag wheels
replaced at the same time?
A. 12th B. 16th C. 24th D. 30th

8) Alicia bought some notebooks and paid Php24.00. Susan bought the same kind
of notebook and paid Php16.00. What is the greatest amount each notebook can
possibly cost?
A. Php8.00 B. Php12.00 C. Php15.00 D. Php20.00
9) Jim and Julius practice basketball regularly. Jim plays every 2 days while Julius
plays every 4 days. Every how many days do they play on the same day?
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5
10) Mr. Romero organized the Mathematics Club of 16 girls and 36 boys. What is
the biggest number of members each group can have which would have an equal
number of girls and boys?
A. 2 B. 4 C. 6 D. 8

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 Lesson
Real-life Problems Involving
1 GCF and LCM

What’s In

The table below shows how to find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) and
Least Common Multiple (LCM) of a given set of numbers using continuous division.

You were taught about this in the previous lesson. Let’s recall how it is done.

Solution

Step 1 8 16 24 Arrange the given numbers horizontally.

Step 2 2 8 16 24 Write the common prime divisor at the

2 4 8 12 left side and the quotients below the
2 2 4 6 numbers. Repeat the process until
1 2 3 there is no common divisor left.

Step 3 Find the GCF by multiplying all the common prime divisors.
(2 x 2 x 2 = 8)

Step 4 Find the LCM by multiplying all the common prime divisors by all
the quotients. (2 x 2 x 2 x 1 x 2 x 3 = 48)

Therefore, the LCM of 8, 16, and 24 is 48, and the GCF is 8.

Now, let us check if you got it right. Do the activity that follows.

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Activity 1.
Directions: Copy the table in your notebook. Then complete the table by supplying
the GCF and the LCM of the given sets of numbers.

Note: Number 1 is done for you!

NUMBERS GCF LCM

1) 2, 8, 40 2 40

2) 8, 16, 32

3) 18, 36, 72

4) 9, 12, 18

5) 30,60, 80

6) 2, 10, 20

What’s New

Now, get moving!

In the previous module, you were taught how to find GCF and LCM. This module will
teach you how to solve real-life problems involving GCF and LCM.

Activity 2.
Directions: Read the problem carefully.

A buzzer sounds every 15 minutes. Another buzzer sounds every 45

minutes. If both buzzers will sound together at noon, what time they will
buzz again together?

5 15 45
3 3 9
1 3

LCM: 5 x 3 x 3 = 45

Therefore, the least number of minutes that the two buzzers buzz together
again is in 45 minutes. So, if the buzzers buzz together at noon, they will buzz again
at exactly 12:45 noon.

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 What Is It

The table below will help you understand how to solve real-life word problems
involving GCF and LCM of given numbers.

Danilo, a school varsity player, has 32 pairs of socks and 16 pairs of shoes. He
wants to sell a package of shoes and socks. What is the greatest number of
packages that he can sell with no remaining pair of shoes and socks?

Here are the steps that will guide you to solve the problem. Analyze and study
carefully.
Step1 What is Asked?
UNDERSTAND The greatest number of packages that Danilo can sell
(Preparation) What are the Given facts?
32 pairs of socks
16 pairs of shoes

Step 2 How will you solve the problem?

PLAN Find the greatest common factor using continuous division.
(Thinking Time)
Step 3 2 32 16
SOLVE 2 16 8 Write the common prime divisor at the
(Carry out the plan) 2 8 4 left side and the quotients below the
2 4 2 numbers. Repeat the process until
2 1 there is no common divisor left.
Solution
Find the GCF by multiplying all the common divisors.
(2 x 2 x 2 x 2 = 16)

Answer
The greatest number of packages that Danilo can sell with
no remaining pair of shoes and socks is 16.

CHECK To check if the answer is correct, you can use listing

(Verification) method and prime factorization.

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Do the task below!

Directions: Read the problems carefully. Write your solutions on a separate answer
sheet.

1) Yellow daisy flowers come in a bouquet of 8 and red daisies in a bouquet of 6.

What is the smallest number of bouquets of each kind you will need to buy if
you want to have the same number of each kind of daisies?

Understand:
Plan:
Solve:
Check:

2) There are 16 cows and 24 goats in a ranch. If they will be grouped separately
in the same number, what is the biggest number of animals in a group?

Understand:
Plan:
Solve:
Check:

What’s More

Let’s practice!

Directions: Read the problem inside the box carefully. Find the GCF and the LCM.
Write your solutions on a separate answer sheet.

Every night, Mang Jonas sells yummy ‘balut’ in the corner of Nijaga St. His
bestsellers are those that were incubated for 16 and 18 days. To easily choose
between the two varieties, he is going to separate them in 18 and 24 pieces
for each basket. What is the least number of ‘balut’ he needs to place in
baskets such that none will be left over?

Let’s see how good you are now in solving word problems on your own.
Good luck!

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 What I Have Learned

We use a 4-step plan in solving problems involving GCF and LCM of two given
numbers: Understand, Plan, Solve, Check and Look back.
Directions: Match the terms in Column A with the definitions in Column B.

Column A Column B

A. Tells you to make sure if you

1. Understand
answered what is asked in the
problem.
2. Plan
B. Allows you to prepare to learn
what is being asked and what type
3. Solve
of problem you are dealing with.
C. Tells you to carry out your plan
4. Check and Look back
and keep trying something until
you find the right answer.
D. Allows you to think how are you
going to attack the problem.

What I Can Do

Directions: Read and analyze each problem very carefully. Then solve. Show your
solutions on your answer sheet.

1) A farmer from Baguio supplies two types of carrots, the Imperator (long roots) and
the Nantes (medium length roots). He wants to place his newly-harvested carrots
in baskets of 75 and 100 pieces. What is the smallest number of carrots that he
can equally place inside the baskets?
Understand:
Plan:
Solve:
Check:

2) There are 80 sitaw and 120 pechay seedlings that need to be planted in a farm.
What is the largest number of seedlings that can be planted equally for each kind
in rectangular plots?
Understand:
Plan:
Solve:
Check:

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 Assessment

Directions: Read, analyze and solve each problem. Use a separate sheet of paper for
your solutions.

1) Rey collected three glasses of colored marbles. The first glass has 27 red marbles,
the second has 36 green marbles, and the third has 54 blue marbles. He placed
the marbles into a set of boxes of each kind. What is the greatest number of
marbles that he can put equally inside each box?

Understand:
Plan:
Solve:
Check:

2) A reseller has two packs of crayons, one with 24 pieces and another with 12
pieces. If the crayons are to be repacked equally in boxes, what is the greatest
possible number of crayons inside the boxes?
Understand:
Plan:
Solve:
Check:

Additional Activities

Directions: Read and solve the problem. Have your solution on a piece of paper.

1) A number and 42 has a GCF of 6 and LCM of 210.

What is the number?

How many times will you multiply the GCF to get this number?

2) Anna baked two trays of bite-sized chocolate chip cookies, one has 63
pieces (with banana extract) and another has 42 pieces (with oats) which
are packed of equal numbers in plastic packaging. Find the greatest
number of chocolate chip cookies inside each pack.

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What I Can Do
1. A farmer from Baguio wants to place carrots in a basket with 75 and 100
pieces. What is the smallest number of carrots can he equally place inside
the baskets?
A: The smallest number of carrots that he can equally place inside the
baskets
G: basket with 75 and 100 pieces of carrots
O: continuous division
N: 5 75 100
S: 300
2. There are 80 sitaw and 120 pechay seedlings that need to be planted in a
farm. What is the largest number of each kind can be planted equally in
rectangular plots with only one type of plant per plot?
A: largest number of sitaw and pechay that can be planted in
rectangular plots
G: 80 sitaw and 120 pechay plants
O: continuous division
N: 2 80 120
S: GCF:20
What’s More
Mang Jonas is going to put baluts in 18 and 24 pieces each tray. What is the
least number of baluts he needs to place in trays such that none of it will be
leftover?
A: The least number of baluts that Mang Jonas needed to place in trays
G: baluts of 18 and 24 per tray
O: continuous division
N: 2 18 24
S: LCM: 72
What Is It
1. A: the smallest number of bouquets of each kind of daisy that can be
bought
G: bouquet of 8 yellow daisies/bouquet of 6 red daisies
O: continuous division
N: 2 8 6
S: LCM: 24
2. There are 16 cows and 24 goats in a ranch. If they will be grouped separately
with the same number. What is the biggest number of animals in a group?
A: The biggest number of animals in a group.
G: 16 cows and 24 goats
O: continuous division
N: 2 16 24
S: GCF: 8
Answer Key
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Additional Activity# 2 Additional Activity# 1
Anna baked two trays of bite-sized A number and 42 has a GCF of 6 and LCM
chocolate chip cookies, one has 63 pieces of 210. What is the number? How many times
(with banana extract) and another has 42 will you multiply the GCF to get this number?
pieces (with oats) which are packed of
Solution:
equal numbers in plastic packaging. Find 2 42 30
the greatest number of chocolate chip
cookies inside each pack. 3 21 15
Solution: 7 5
7 42 63
GCF = 2 x 3 = 6
3 6 9 LCM = 2 x 3 x 7 x n = 210
42 x n = 210
2 3 n = 210/42
n =5
GCF = 7 x 3 = 21 Therefore, the missing number is 30. You
will have to multiply the GCF 6 by 5 to get 30.
Therefore, the greatest number of
chocolate chip cookies inside each pack
is 21.
Assessment
1. Rey collected three glasses of colored marbles. The first glass has 27 red marbles, the
second has 36 green marbles, and the third has 54 blue marbles. He put the marbles into
a set of boxes of each kind. What is the greatest number of marbles can he put equally
inside each box?
A: The greatest number of marbles can be put equally inside each box
G: 27 red marbles, 36 green marbles, and 54 blue marbles
O: continuous division
N: 3 27 36 54
S: GCF: 9
2. A reseller has two packs of crayons, one with 24 pieces and another with 12 pieces. If the
crayons are to be repacked equally in boxes, what is the greatest possible number of
crayons inside the boxes?
A: The largest number of crayons that can be packed equally inside the boxes
G: crayons in boxes of 12 and 24 pieces
O: continuous division
N: 2 12 24
S: GCF: 12
What’s In What I Know What I have
Learned
1. C 2. D 3. B 4. C 5. B
1. B
6. B 7. A 8. B 9. B 10. B 2. D
3. C
4. A
References

Coronel, C. and N. Bamba. 2010. Mathematics for a Better Life. SD Publication.

Ursua, A.C. and A.P. Lumbre. 2016. 21st Century Mathletes Textbook. Quezon City:
Vibal Group Inc.

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