SOLUTION: At a party store, Lorena can purchase packages of 32 forks and packages of 24 spoons. She wants to buy an equal number of forks and spoons for her party What is the smallest number

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Question 1187656: At a party store, Lorena can purchase packages of 32 forks and packages of 24 spoons. She wants to buy an equal number of forks and spoons for her party What is the smallest number of each type of utensil she can purchase?
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At a party store, Lorena can purchase packages of 32 forks and packages of 24 spoons. She wants to buy an equal number of forks and spoons for her party What is the smallest number of each type of utensil she can purchase?
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It's the least common multiple of 24 and 32.
24 has a factor 3, 32 is all 2's.
3*32 = 96