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∙ 11y agoThe least common multiple - that's the smallest multiple that they all have in common
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∙ 11y agoFour is the smallest composite number.
LCM
lcm: least common multiple
The least common multiple (LCM) is the smallest multiple that is common to two or more numbers.Example: The LCM of 4 and 6 is 12, it is the smallest integer greater than zero that has both 4 and 6 as factors.Example: Take the numbers 7 and 2. There is no number smaller than 14 that you can divide by BOTH 7 and 2 and get an integer answer. (An integer is a whole number). Therefore, 14 is the LCM for 7 and 2.Sometimes, the LCM is one of the numbers itself. For example, the LCM of 4 and 8 is 8, because 8 is divisible by 4 and 8.The least common multiple, or LCM, is the smallest number that a set of given numbers will divide into evenly.The least (lowest) common multiple, or LCM, is the smallest positive integer that all the members of a given set of numbers will divide into evenly with no remainder.The least common multiple, or LCM, is the smallest positive integer that all the members of a given set of numbers will divide into evenly with no remainder.
The LCM is the smallest number that is a multiple of a given set of two or more numbers. 15 is the LCM of 3 and 5.
Probably the most common use is in adding fractions with different denominators. The least common multiple of the denominators is the least common denominator. Each fraction can be converted to one with the common denominator, and then you can add the fractions by adding their numerators.
The least common multiple, or LCM, is the smallest number that a given set of numbers can be divided into evenly.
A least common multiple, or LCM, is the smallest number that a given set of numbers can divide into evenly.
When you are given some numbers just arrange them in ascending order and you will the smallest number which can be made out of those given numbers.
The lowest common multiple of a set of numbers is the smallest positive integer which can be evenly divided by each number in the set. It is, thus, the smallest number which belongs to the times-table of the each number in the set.
The least common multiple, or LCM, is the smallest positive integer that all the members of a given set of numbers will divide into evenly with no remainder.
The greatest common factor, or GCF, is the largest number that can go into a set of given numbers evenly. The least common multiple, or LCM, is the smallest number that a given set of numbers can go into evenly.