Khan/khan-exercises — Issue #10811: Least common multiple and greatest common divisor word problems - Both concepts together are confusing. 
Author: KhanBugz
Created: 2012-01-10 02:58:15+00:00
State: open
Labels: firefox, hard, xp

Reporter: spinifex@gmail.com

Hi. I understand LCM, and GCD well. However, it's hard for me to suss out the word problem, and to figure out which concept I need to apply. I think having them together in the same lesson is too confusing. If they were split, I think they would work much better. Thank you.

[least_common_multiple_and_greatest_common_divisor_word_problems.html?seed=74&problem=gcd-restaurant](http://sandcastle.khanacademy.org/media/castles/Khan:master/exercises/least_common_multiple_and_greatest_common_divisor_word_problems.html?seed=74&problem=gcd-restaurant&debug)

[Answer timeline](http://sandcastle.khanacademy.org/media/castles/Khan:master/exercises/least_common_multiple_and_greatest_common_divisor_word_problems.html?seed=74&problem=gcd-restaurant&debug&activity=%5B%5D)

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