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CCSS 6.NS.B.4 Worksheets

Grade 6 ยท The Number System

Find the greatest common factor and least common multiple of two numbers and use them to rewrite sums.

Below are free printable worksheets that support 6.NS.B.4. Print them as PDFs, or generate a fresh one. Every math answer key is computed in code, so it is never wrong.

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Deliver a whole lesson on 6.NS.B.4 from a textbook-grade teaching unit, with a hook, worked examples, diagrams, misconceptions, and an exit ticket.

Teaching guide

What students learn

Find the greatest common factor and least common multiple of two numbers and use them to rewrite sums.

How to teach it

List factors (for the highest common factor) or multiples (for the lowest common multiple) of each number and find the shared one. Later use prime factors.

Worked example
Find the GCF of 12 and 8:
Answer: 4

Generated and checked in code, so it is correct.

Watch out for

Mixing up which to list (factors vs multiples), and stopping before finding the common value.

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