Free Grade 3 Working with LCM Lesson Plans
Free Grade 3 lesson plans for Working with LCM: 12 real questions with a full answer key and worked solutions. Factors divide a number exactly; multiples are in its times table. The HCF is the biggest shared factor, the LCM the smallest shared multiple.
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Foundation
30 min
24
Learning objectives
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- RememberIdentify working with lcm
Identify working with lcm accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- UnderstandExplain working with lcm
Explain working with lcm accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- ApplyCalculate working with lcm
Calculate working with lcm accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- AnalyseCompare working with lcm
Compare working with lcm accurately in a familiar context.
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Prerequisites
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How Working with LCM works
Factors divide a number exactly; multiples are in its times table. The HCF is the biggest shared factor, the LCM the smallest shared multiple.
12 practice questions
Easy to hard, 24 marks in total. Try them first, then open the answers.
- 1.List all the factors of 18.[1]
- 2.List all the factors of 40.[1]
- 3.List all the factors of 12.[1]
- 4.List all the factors of 36.[1]
- 5.Find the highest common factor (HCF) of 16 and 20.[2]
- 6.Find the highest common factor (HCF) of 42 and 42.[2]
- 7.Find the highest common factor (HCF) of 40 and 56.[2]
- 8.Find the highest common factor (HCF) of 12 and 6.[2]
- 9.Find the lowest common multiple (LCM) of 12 and 8.[3]
- 10.Find the highest common factor (HCF) of 16 and 16.[3]
- 11.Find the lowest common multiple (LCM) of 35 and 10.[3]
- 12.Find the highest common factor (HCF) of 27 and 27.[3]
Show answers and working
1. 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18
Find factor pairs that multiply to 18. 1 × 18 2 × 9 3 × 6
2. 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 40
Find factor pairs that multiply to 40. 1 × 40 2 × 20 4 × 10 5 × 8
3. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12
Find factor pairs that multiply to 12. 1 × 12 2 × 6 3 × 4
4. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 36
Find factor pairs that multiply to 36. 1 × 36 2 × 18 3 × 12 4 × 9 6 × 6
5. 4
List factors of 16 and 20. The largest factor they share is 4.
6. 42
List factors of 42 and 42. The largest factor they share is 42.
7. 8
List factors of 40 and 56. The largest factor they share is 8.
8. 6
List factors of 12 and 6. The largest factor they share is 6.
9. 24
HCF(12, 8) = 4. LCM = 12 × 8 ÷ 4 = 24.
10. 16
List factors of 16 and 16. The largest factor they share is 16.
11. 70
HCF(35, 10) = 5. LCM = 35 × 10 ÷ 5 = 70.
12. 27
List factors of 27 and 27. The largest factor they share is 27.
Worked examples
List all the factors of 30.
- Find factor pairs that multiply to 30.
- 1 × 30
- 2 × 15
- 3 × 10
- 5 × 6
- Answer: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 15, 30
Find the highest common factor (HCF) of 15 and 6.
- List factors of 15 and 6.
- The largest factor they share is 3.
- Answer: 3
Find the lowest common multiple (LCM) of 12 and 20.
- HCF(12, 20) = 4.
- LCM = 12 × 20 ÷ 4 = 60.
- Answer: 60
Interactive practice
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Common mistakes
What learners typically get wrong, and how to fix it.
Mixes up factors and multiples.
Correction: Factors are Few (they fit inside), multiples are Many (they go on forever).
Misses factor pairs.
Correction: Work through 1, 2, 3… in order until the pairs meet.
Teacher tips
- · Use factor rainbows to show pairs.
Parent tips
- · Ask how many ways 24 sweets can be put into equal bags.
Real-life applications
- · Arranging chairs in equal rows, syncing bus timetables (LCM).
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- What should a learner already know before this?
- Start with Introducing LCM, HCF. Each one has its own free lesson, worksheet and quiz.
- How is the lesson plan sequenced?
- Recognition first, then understanding, application, reasoning and finally mastery — the same ladder used across every free resource on the platform.
- What comes next after Working with LCM?
- Move on to LCM in Context, Factors, Multiples, Prime Numbers, which build directly on this idea.
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