Nelda baked 2 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 eight equal pieces. How can the pans of pasta now be sliced so that both pans have the same size pieces?

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Mariana Maxwell

15 July, 17:26

Nelda baked 2 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 eight equal pieces. How can the pans of pasta now be sliced so that both pans have the same size pieces?

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Royce Bautista · Answer 1

Lcm for 6 and 8 is 24

24/6=4

24/8=3

slice every piece in the first pizza into 4 equal pieces

and every piece in the second pizza into 3 equal pieces.