What is the LCM of 48 and 64?

Answer 1

The least common multiple is 192.

Factorising:

48 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 = 2^4 x 3

64 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 = 2^6

Multiplying highest exponents = 2^6 x 3 = 64 x 3 = 192.