Question

Daddy is buying paper cups and paper plates cups come in packages of 10 and plates come in packages of 15 she wants to buy the same number of cups and plates but plans to buy least number of packages possible how much should not expect to pay it each package of cups is six dollars each package of places eight dollars show your work

Answer 1

You have have to find the LCM( least common multiple). it's 30. 3 packages of cups. 2 packages of plates. so 3 times 6 is $18+ 8 times 2 is 16. add 16 and 18 to get $34 in total