SOLUTION: Michel cut her cake into 6 pieces of equal size. Grace cut her cake into 8 pieces of equal size. If the cakes must now be cut so that they are identical, into how many pieces shoul

Question 181698: Michel cut her cake into 6 pieces of equal size. Grace cut her cake into 8 pieces of equal size. If the cakes must now be cut so that they are identical, into how many pieces should each cake be cut?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

What is the smallest number that is evenly divisible by both 6 and 8? That's your answer.

John

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