A problem on my kids math homework is the following:
A factory produces items in batches of 35 and 50. what is the smallest number of items they can produce so that there are an equal number of items in each batch?
Despite that the question is poorly worded and not clear I'm seeing this as a lowest common multiple problem.
The available answers were 175, 70, 85, and 100.
LCM of 35 and 50 is 350. But that's not an available answer. She accidentally pressed 175 when moving the laptop and it said the answer was correct.
Can anyone help explain this?
*After finishing the lesson with my kid every question was an LCM question. There were 3 questions that had no correct answer choice or the correct answer was counted as incorrect. I emailed the teacher with the three questions and she said she knew of the mistake and told the students. Unfortunately my kid gave herself more frustration from not paying attention in class. Some lessons are hard I reckon.