The document is a math worksheet containing word problems about prime factorizations, highest common factors (HCF), and least common multiples (LCM). It asks students to express numbers as products of prime factors, find the HCF and LCM of pairs of numbers, and determine the smallest values of variables that satisfy number properties. The worksheet contains 3 problems testing these skills and provides space for students to show their work.
The document is a math worksheet containing word problems about prime factorizations, highest common factors (HCF), and least common multiples (LCM). It asks students to express numbers as products of prime factors, find the HCF and LCM of pairs of numbers, and determine the smallest values of variables that satisfy number properties. The worksheet contains 3 problems testing these skills and provides space for students to show their work.
The document is a math worksheet containing word problems about prime factorizations, highest common factors (HCF), and least common multiples (LCM). It asks students to express numbers as products of prime factors, find the HCF and LCM of pairs of numbers, and determine the smallest values of variables that satisfy number properties. The worksheet contains 3 problems testing these skills and provides space for students to show their work.
The document is a math worksheet containing word problems about prime factorizations, highest common factors (HCF), and least common multiples (LCM). It asks students to express numbers as products of prime factors, find the HCF and LCM of pairs of numbers, and determine the smallest values of variables that satisfy number properties. The worksheet contains 3 problems testing these skills and provides space for students to show their work.
1 (a) Express 3240 and 4212 as products of their prime factors, giving your answer in index notation. [2]
(b) Find the largest integer which is a factor of both 3240 and 4212. [1]
(c) Find the smallest positive integer m such that 3
3240m is a positive integer. [1]
(d) Find the smallest positive integer n such that 3240n is a multiple of 4212. [1]
Page 1 of 2 2 Benson has 480 white seeds and 560 black seeds. He puts them into small packets. Each packet contains the same number of each type of seed. (a) What is the largest number of packets of seeds he can have? [2]
(b) Write down the total number of seeds in each packet. [2]
3 The highest common factor (HCF) of 600 and x is 20. Find the smallest positive value of x where x ≠ 20 . [1]
Page 2 of 2 Mark Scheme for Sec 1E Math Checkpoint 1
No. Answers 1a 3 3240 = 2 × 3 × 5 4
4212 = 22 × 34 ×13 b HCF of 3240 and 4212 = 22 × 34 = 324 c m= 32 × 52 = 225 d n = 13 2a 480 = 25 × 3 × 5 560 = 24 × 5 × 7
HCF= 24 × 5 = 80 2b 480 560 Total number = + 80 80
