1 .	A person has four iron bars whose lengths are 24 m, 36 m, 48 m and 72 m respectively. This person wants to cut pieces of same length from each of four bars. What is the least number of total pieces if he is to cut without any wastage?
[ A ]    10 [ B ]    15 [ C ]    20 [ D ]    25
Answer : Option B Explanation : 24 = 12 × 2, 36 = 12 × 3, 48 = 12 × 4, and 72 = 12 × 6 ∴ HCF (24, 36, 48, 72) = 12 Total pieces = 2 + 3 + 4 + 6 = 15
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