peter's party zone sells cups in packages of 6 and plates in packages of 8.
shaniya is hosting a birthday party for her little sister and wants to have the same number of each item.
what is the least number of packages of plates shaniya needs to buy?

Well to do this, we need to know the least common multiple (LCM) of 6 and 8. Lets list the factors out.

6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36
8, 16, 24, 32, 40, 48

As we can see, the least common multiple of 6 and 8 is 24.

Now we know that there are 8 plates per package and 8 goes into 24 3 times, so  naturally Shaniya needs 3 packages of plates

Hope this helped!!! :)

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