What is the lowest common denominator for 14 and 16?

Answer 1

Technically, 14 and 16 are integers, so they already share a common denominator of 1.

If you are asking how to find the lowest common denominator when the numbers on the bottom of a fraction are 14 and 16, you factor them both and only use common factors one time. Since 14 and 16 only share one common factor (2), you need to multiply 7 x 8 x 2, with a product of 112

If both numerators were even. (The two numbers on top of the fractions were also even), you can factor out the 2, getting you down to 56.

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