Question #2eeda

2 Answers
Sep 13, 2017

4 hot dog packs and 5 bun packs or 9 in total.

Explanation:

The smallest multiple of 10 and 8 is 40. That means you can buy 40 hot dogs and 40 buns. 40-:8=5 (5 bun packs) 40-:10=4 (4 hot dog packs)
To find the total
4+5=9

Sep 13, 2017

"4 packs of hotdogs and 5 packs of buns"

Explanation:

"we require to find the "color(blue)"lowest common multiple"
"of 10 and 8"

"multiples of 8 are "8,16,24,32,color(red)(40),...

"multiples of 10 are "10,20,30,color(red)(40),....

"the lowest common multiple "=color(red)(40)

"to have the same numbers of both buy 40 of each"

"packs of hotdogs "=40/10=4

"packs of buns "=40/8=5