Question

Joshua need an equal number of notepads and sticky notes. How many packages of each item does Joshua need to buy? Notepads has 5 per 1 pack and sticky notes has 4 per package??

Answer 1

4 packs of notepads and 5 packs of sticky notes
Explanation: if he needs the same number of both he needs to find the first number that 4 and 5 both go into. 4 x 5 = 20 so this is the least common multiple

Answer 2

Joshua will need 4 packs of notepads and 5 packs of sticky notes. 5 x 4 equal to 20. So, Joshua will need 4 packs of notepads and 5 packs of sticky notes