What is the least common multiple of 22 and 26?

Answer 1

The least common multiple of a set of numbers is the smallest number that contains each of the numbers as a factor.

The factors of 22 are 2 and 11.

The factors of 26 are 2 and 13.

For the LCM of two numbers, multiply them and divide by any common factors.

22 x 26 = 572 divided by the common factor 2 is 286.

You can see that 286 = 11 x 26 = 13 x 22 with no reducible factors.

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* There is another method, the highest exponent method, that works for three or more numbers. See the related question below.