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Oh, what a happy little question! To make one fifth, you would need to combine 3 out of 12 twelfths. Just like painting a beautiful landscape, sometimes we need to mix different colors together to create something new and wonderful.
That's the least common denominator or LCD.
The least common denominator.
The least common multiple of two or more denominators is known as the least common denominator, or LCD.
The least common denominator is the least common multiple of the denominators of the fractions.
The least common denominator is 1. The greatest common denominator is 2. The least common multiple is 1,218.
The least common denominator (LCD) is 1.
The least common denominator is 3x.
The least common denominator is 60.
a least common (LCD) denominator is a least common multiple (LCM); only it's a fraction and it's LCM is in the denominator's place.
A common denominator needs at least two figures; that's why it's called a 'common' denominator.