Least common multiples 12 and 16 is 48.
16, 32, 48. Since 16 is divisible by 4. Every multiple of 16 is also a multiple of 4, so I just took the first 3 multiples of 16.
lcm of 12 and 16 is 48, next lcm is 96
The first five multiples of 4 are 4, 8, 12, 16 and 20. For them to be common, they need to be compared to another set of multiples.
They are: 48, 96 and 144
48, 96, 144
48, 96, 144
48, 96
4, 8, 12, 16
Every multiple of 48 is a multiple of both 16 and 12. There are an infinite number of them. multiples of 16, 16,32,48,64,etc. multiples of 12, 12,24,36,48,60,etc. common multiples of both 12 and 16 are the multiples of 48, 48,96,144,etc
The multiples of 12 are 12, 24, 36, 48 and keep on adding 12.The multiples of 16 are 16, 32, 48, 64 and keep on adding 16.If you look at the two of these, you can see there is a least common multiple. A least common multiple is the smallest multiple that are shared by two (or more) numbers. If you list the multiples down, you can see 48 are in both, so 48 is the least common multiple for 12 and 16.
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