Lucille was making fruit baskets. She could put up 12 apples in each basket, or she could use smaller baskets and put 10 apples in each basket. Either way there would be no apples left over. Of the following, Lucille could have _____ apples. a) 80 b) 60 c) 48 d) 40 e) 36

Question

Lucille was making fruit baskets. She could put up 12 apples in each basket, or she could use smaller baskets and put 10 apples in each basket. Either way there would be no apples left over.  Of the following, Lucille could have _____ apples. a) 80  b) 60  c) 48  d) 40  e) 36

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What is the least common multiple of 10 and 12?
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You can test each answer.  For example, 10 goes evenly into 80 but 12 does not.  So it is not 80.