Cups are sold 6 to a package and plates are sold 8 to a package. If you want to have the same number of each item for a party a) What is the least number of packages of each you need to buy?

24

Step-by-step explanation:

If you want to find the least amount of packages, you'll have to find what multiple they have in common.

One way to find this is 6x8, which is 48, but that isn't always the lowest.  

Here are the first few multiples of six: 6, 12, 18, (24), 30, 36, 42, and 48.

Here are the first few multiples of eight: 8, 16, (24), 32, 40, 48, 56, and64

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step-by-step explanation:

answer: all of the odd numbers were opened

the first person was the one that was opening all of the lockers. since one is odd, this causes all of the odd number lockers to be opened in the end.