SOLUTION: Nelda baked two kinds of pasta in pans.Each pan was the same size.She sliced one pan of pasta into 6 equal pieces.she sliced the other pan into 8 equal pieces.How can the pans of p

Question 1065748: Nelda baked two kinds of pasta in pans.Each pan was the same size.She sliced one pan of pasta into 6 equal pieces.she sliced the other pan into 8 equal pieces.How can the pans of pasta now be sliced so that both pans have the same sized pieces?if nelda has served 6 pieces from one pan so far,what fraction of the pan has she served?
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
6 equal parts;
8 equal parts
Both those will go into 24.
Answer by ikleyn(52802) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Each of six slices of the first pasta has the area of the entire pan.

Each of eight slices of the second pasta has the area of the original pan.

Nelda will cut each in 4 equal pieces to get .

She also will cut each in 3 equal pieces to get .

Then she will meet her goal.

Notice that the number 24 is the Less Common Multiple of the numbers 6 and 8: 24 = LCM(6,8).

Happy learning !!

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