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What are the multiples of 6 and 8 less than 48?

Updated: 8/19/2019
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To find the common multiples of two numbers, you first break them into their prime factors:

6 = 2x3

8 = 2x2x2

The next step is to identify any common prime factors. In this case both 6 and 8 have 2 as a common factor, so we can discard one 2. Then take every other prime factor (2, 2, 2 and 3) and multiply them:

2x2x2x3 = 24.

To find other common multiples you would multiply this lcm by any integer. In this case, we only want multiples less than 48, and so the only valid value is 24.

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