Example: 30 and 42
Factor them.
2 x 3 x 5 = 30
2 x 3 x 7 = 42
Combine the factors, eliminating duplicates.
2 x 3 x 5 x 7 = 210, the LCM
Chat with our AI personalities
Product of the two prime numbers is the LCM. For example 3, 7 have 21 as LCM
The LCM of 2 numbers can be one of those numbers when the large of the 2 numbers is 2 times the smaller one of those numbers. For example the LCM of 2 and 4 is 4. For example the LCM of 5 and 10 is 10.
You do not have LCMs of fractions or decimals. Because if you did so, any number could be an LCM. Eg 3 could be an LCM with multiple 3/4.7 = 0.6383 and 3/14 = 0.2143 (to 4 dp)
The numbers could be 7 and 15 whose LCM is 105
GCF stands for Greatest Common Factor, which is the number two or more numbers share as a factor (the largest one). LCM stands for Least Common Multiple, which is the number that two or more numbers multiply to (the smallest one). An example of GCF: 6 and 9, what is the GCF? 3 An example of LCM: 6 and 9, what is the LCM? 18