The Donut Dilemma

A Mizelle Math Mystery

Ms. L strolled into the local donut shop and

handed the clerk her list. Of course, being a

math teacher, the list was in Mathanese.

Chocolate frosted with sprinkles

Glazed

Orange frosted with sprinkles

Pink frosted with sprinkles

• How many of each type did Ms. L want?

• Ms. L wanted to have several identical boxes of donuts.

• Each box would have the same number of each type of donut.

• Ms. L asked the clerk to make as many identical boxes as possible.

Baffled, the clerk told Ms. L he did not

know how to figure this out.

Ms. L shook her head and said, “My dear

boy, one simply needs to find the GCF of

the amounts of each type of donut!”

• How many boxes of donuts did Ms. L bring to school?

• How many of each type of donut are in each box?

Answer Key part 1

• Chocolate frosted with sprinkles

• Glazed

• Orange frosted with sprinkles

• Pink frosted with sprinkles

Answer Key part 2

• Ms. L brought 3 boxes of donuts to school.

• Each box has 5 Chocolate frosted with sprinkles

3 Orange frosted with sprinkles

2 Pink frosted with sprinkles