Purple, silver and yellow cloths are sold in 50 cm, 100 cm and 10 cm long respectively. Ivan wanted to buy equal length of each color. What is the least number of rolls of each color he must buy?
- purple cloth
- silver cloth
- yellow cloth
(a)
LCM of 50, 100 and 10 is 100.
Number of rolls for purple cloth
= 100 ÷ 50
= 2
(b)
Number of rolls for silver cloth
= 100 ÷ 100
= 1
(c)
Number of rolls for yellow cloth
= 100 ÷ 10
= 10
Answer(s): (a) 2; (b) 1; (c) 10