A rope
Paul can cut a rope into equal lengths with no rope left over. The lengths can be 15cm, 18cm, or 25cm. What is the shortest possible length of the rope?
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- geometry
- line segment
- algebra
- prime numbers
- least common multiple (LCM)
- arithmetic
- division
- numbers
- natural numbers
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