Bill is putting his baseball cards in a binder. For the amount of baseball cards he has, he knows he can use either 5 on each pa

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Volgvan

2 years ago

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Bill is putting his baseball cards in a binder. For the amount of baseball cards he has, he knows he can use either 5 on each pa

ge with none left over, or 9 on each page with none left over. Which is the least amount of baseball cards Bill has?

Mathematics

2 answers:

jok3333 [9.3K] · Answer 1 · 2022-05-24T22:59:01+03:00

Answer:

<h2><u><em>45 is the answer</em></u></h2>

Step-by-step explanation:

<h2>The number of baseball cards Bill has is a multiple of 5 and 9. To find the least number of baseball cards, find the LCM of 5 and 9. </h2><h2> </h2><h2>multiples of 5: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45,... </h2><h2>multiples of 9: 9, 18, 27, 36, 45,... </h2><h2> </h2><h2>So, the least number of baseball cards Bill has is 45. </h2><h2 />

Alexandra [31] · Answer 2 · 2022-05-24T21:50:49+03:00

Alexandra [31]2 years ago

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45 because if he had any less, there would be left overs for either the 5 per page or 9 per page.