What is a least common multiple?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

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On the other hand the least common multiple of a set comprising two or more integers is the smallest number which is a multiple of each number in the set. In other words, it is the smallest number which is in the times-table of each of those numbers.

Answer 3

The least common multiple of a set of numbers is the smallest number which is a multiple of every number in the set. It is, thus, the smallest number which is in the times table of every one of the set of numbers.

Answer 4

The lowest common multiple of a set of numbers is the smallest positive integer which is a multiple of each of the numbers in the set. Equivalently, it is the smallest positive integer which is in the times table of every number in the set.

Answer 5

The lowest common multiple (LCM) of a set of numbers is the smallest number that is a multiple of each one of the numbers. It is the smallest number that appears in the multiplication tables of each of the numbers.

Answer 6

The least common multiple of a set of two or more integers is the smallest number such that each member of the set can divide it without remainder.

Answer 7

The least common multiple of a set of numbers is the smallest positive integer which can be evenly divided by any number in the set.

Answer 8

The least common multiple of a set of numbers is the smallest positive integer which is evenly divisible by every number in the set.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

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