Comments on HCF and LCM Word Problems

• HCF is nothing else but you are dividing                                              -LCM is nothing else but multiplying to arrive at common multiple
• Example of HCF:
  Samantha has two pieces of cloth. One piece is 72 inches
  wide and the other piece is 90 inches wide. She wants to cut
  both pieces into strips of equal width that are as wide as
  possible. How wide should she cut the strips?

• Example of LCM:
• Ben exercises every 12 days and Isabel every 8
  days. Ben and Isabel both exercised today. How
  many days will it be until they exercise together
  again?

For 6th Grader students it is difficult to comprehend word problems of HCF and LCM. You need animation to exactly understand these kinds of problems.