PSLEEmily had two streamers of the same length. She cut the first streamer into equal parts of length 50 cm and to each part she tied 3 gold heart cutouts. After that, she cut the second streamer into equal parts of length 60 cm and to each part she tied 4 grey heart cutouts. When she finished tying, she counted that there were 4 more grey heart cutouts than gold heart cutouts. How many heart cutouts were there altogether?
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First streamer |
Second streamer |
Difference |
Total |
Length of each part |
50 cm |
60 cm |
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Number of balloons tied to each part |
3 gold balloons |
4 grey balloons |
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LCM |
300 cm |
300 cm |
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Number of equal parts |
300 ÷ 50 = 6 |
300 ÷ 60 = 5 |
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Number of balloons for each streamer per set |
6 x 3 = 18 |
4 x 5 = 20 |
20 - 18 = 2 |
18 + 20 = 38 |
LCM of 50 and 60 = 300
Number of sets of 3 gold heart cutouts in a length of 300 cm
= 300 ÷ 50
= 6
Number of gold heart cutouts in a length of 300 cm
= 6 x 3
= 18
Number of sets of 4 grey heart cutouts in a length of 300 cm
= 300 ÷ 60
= 5
Number of grey heart cutouts in a length of 300 cm
= 5 x 4
= 20
Extra number of grey heart cutouts in a length of 300 cm
= 20 - 18
= 2
Number of sets of heart cutouts
= 4 ÷ 2
= 2
Total number of heart cutouts in one set of 300 cm of gold balloons and one set of 300 cm of grey balloons
= 18 + 20
= 38
Total number of heart cutouts of the two streamers
= 2 x 38
= 76
Answer(s): 76