Khan/khan-exercises — Issue #9045: Least common multiple and greatest common divisor word problems - Question is bizarre
Author: KhanBugz
Created: 2011-12-20 00:30:45+00:00
State: open
Labels: firefox, win7, wrong-or-unclear

Reporter: bunnychan11@hotmail.com

The relationship between the question as worded and the math required is unclear.
Checking the solution is unhelpful, as there is no explanation of said relationship: the first step simply states that the greatest common divisor is sought, without explanation of how this relates to the wording of the question.

Specifically, it is unclear as to what is meant by "each team must have the same number of (x) and the same number of (y)".

If read naturally to mean x = y, the correct answer is not reached.

Please consider rewording this exercise.

[least_common_multiple_and_greatest_common_divisor_word_problems.html?seed=173&problem=gcd-teams](http://sandcastle.khanacademy.org/media/castles/Khan:master/exercises/least_common_multiple_and_greatest_common_divisor_word_problems.html?seed=173&problem=gcd-teams&debug)

[Answer timeline](http://sandcastle.khanacademy.org/media/castles/Khan:master/exercises/least_common_multiple_and_greatest_common_divisor_word_problems.html?seed=173&problem=gcd-teams&debug&activity=%5B%5D)

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