The least common multiple of two numbers is always greater than or equal to the largest of the numbers. Examples:lcm(12, 6) = 12 (equal to the largest number)lcm(18, 12) = 36 (greater than the largest number)
The GCF and LCM of 10 and 10 is 10. But apart from that special circumstance, the LCM will never be less than the GCF. Apart from a number itself, all of its factors are smaller than it. Apart from a number itself, all of its multiples are larger than it. You can't have a GCF that is greater than the smaller number, and you can't have an LCM that is less than the larger one. Factors go into numbers, numbers go into multiples.
The LCM will never be less than the GCF. To be a multiple of both numbers, the LCM will have to be equal to or greater than the larger number. To be a factor of both numbers, the GCF will have to be equal to or less than the smaller number. The only problem comes when you're comparing a number to itself. The LCM of 10 and 10 is 10. The GCF of 10 and 10 is 10.
The LCM is never less than the greatest number in the set. The LCM of 4 and 9 is 36.
The least common multiple, or LCM, is the smallest number that all the members of a given set can divide into evenly with no remainder.
Yes. If one number is a factor of the other, the greater number will be the LCM of the two.
The LCM of a set of numbers will never be less than the GCF.
The LCM of a set of numbers will never be less than the GCF.
The LCM of 8 and 15 is 120. If the lesser number were a factor of the greater number, the LCM would be the greater number.
The least common multiple of two numbers is always greater than or equal to the largest of the numbers. Examples:lcm(12, 6) = 12 (equal to the largest number)lcm(18, 12) = 36 (greater than the largest number)
Yes, if the the number you are finding the LCM of is 1. But usually, LCM involves two or more numbers. While finding the LCM of one number is uncommon and technically an incorrect practice, it is possible.
The greater number.
the greater of the two.
The LCM of 8 and 5 is not greater than 100.
The LCM is the greater number.
In any number pair where one of the numbers is a multiple of the other, that number is the LCM.
The GCF and LCM of 10 and 10 is 10. But apart from that special circumstance, the LCM will never be less than the GCF. Apart from a number itself, all of its factors are smaller than it. Apart from a number itself, all of its multiples are larger than it. You can't have a GCF that is greater than the smaller number, and you can't have an LCM that is less than the larger one. Factors go into numbers, numbers go into multiples.