Question

Tim and his brother are building towers out of blocks. Tim is using blue blocks that are 6 cm tall and his brother is using green blocks that are 8 cm tall. They both made towers the same height. What is the shortest possible height of the towers? How many of each color block did they use?

Answer 1

Answer:

The shortest they could have made it is 24cm. Tim used four blue blocks (6x4=24) and his brother used 3 green blocks (8x3=24)