Question

Type the correct answer in each box. Use numerals instead of words.
Trip walks a total of 12 miles to and from school each week. Lindsey rides her bike a total of 56 miles to and from school each week.

Use the greatest common factor and the distributive property to complete the equation, and find the total number of miles Trip and Lindsey travel to and from school each week.

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Answer 1

to find the greatest common factor between 12 and 56, simply list out factors for both 12 and 56 and see which is the greatest # common to both lists

factors of 12: 1, 2, 3, and so on
factors of 56: 1, 2, 4, and so on

for the factoring part: your answer should be in the format
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the GCF goes in the blank outside the parentheses. now, since you're factoring out the GCF, divide both 12 and 56 by the GCF. the results go into the blanks inside the parentheses.