Jason and Matt completed the same amount of a set of homework problems. JAson divided his assignment into 6 equals parts, and matt divided his assignment into 8 equal parts. How many parts might they have each completed?>
They could both have completed any number that is a multiple of both 6 and 8.
The lowest common multiple of 6 and 8 is 24. Therefore, they could have each completed 24 parts of the homework problems. Other possible numbers they could have completed are 12, 18, 36, 48, etc.