MyQuestionIcon

1

You visited us 1 times! Enjoying our articles? Unlock Full Access!

Euclid's Division Algorithm

A lisha has t...

Question

A lisha has three roll of streamers to use in decorating the school gym for a dance competition. The red roll is $42 m$ long, yellow roll is $49 m$ long and the green roll is $63 m$ long. She wants to cut the roll into strips of equal length and have no materiel left over. What is the greatest length of each strip?

Open in App

Solution

The greatest length of each strip $= H C F (42, 49, 63) = 7 m$

$∵ 42 = 6 \times 7$

$49 = 7 \times 7$

And $63 = 9 \times 7$

Suggest Corrections

thumbs-up

0

Similar questions

Q. Three pieces of timber 42 m, 49 m and 63 m long have to be divided into planks of the same length. What is the greatest possible length of each plank?

Q. Shobha has two pieces of ribbon. One piece is

720

cm long and the other piece is

900

cm long. She wants to cut both these ribbons into strips of equal length that are as long as possible. How long should each strip be.

Q. In a rolling process, a sheet of 25 mm thickness is rolled to 20mm thickness. Roll is of 600 mmdiameter and it rotates at 100 rpm. The roll strip contact length will be

Q. In a rolling process, a sheet thickness is reduced by 10 mm using 800 mm diameter rolls. The roll strip contact length will be approximately

Q. A copper strip of 200 mm width and 300 mm thickness is to be rolled to a thickness of 295 mm. The roll of radius 300 mm rotates at 100 rpm. The average shear strength of the work material is 180 MPa. The roll strip contact length and the roll force are

View More

Join BYJU'S Learning Program

similar_icon

Related Videos

lock

Euclid's Division Algorithm_Tackle

MATHEMATICS

Watch in App

explore_more_icon

Explore more

Euclid's Division Algorithm

Standard X Mathematics

Join BYJU'S Learning Program

CrossIcon