It depends on what the numbers are. For example, if the prime numbers you were talking about were 3 and 7, the least common multiple would be 21. If your numbers were 2 and 3, it would be 6.
Their product.
Factor both numbers. Select the factors they both have in common. Choose the largest (greatest) one.
If they don't both divide by 3 then no multiple of 3 can be a common factor...
It is not possible to express something as a sum of whole numbers with no common factor. All whole numbers have at least 1 as a common factor.
The GCF of the numbers is the greatest common factor no matter what their relationship is. When one number is a multiple of another number, the GCF is the smaller number.
The GCF is 36.
The least common factor for two numbers is always one. The least common multiple for two numbers which have no common factors greater than one is their product.
No, the lesser.
All numbers with a least common multiple, have that multiple as a factor.
Yes, the least common multiple of two numbers is always divisible by those numbers' greatest common factor.
Use distribution to find the least or greater common factor
No, it is not a factor of either of the numbers.
There is no answer. There cannot be a lowest common multiple of a single number, such as 30, because "common multiple" means a multiple that two or more numbers have in common. Likewise, there cannot be a highest common factor of a single number, such as 3, because "common factor" means a factor that two or more numbers have in common.
There is no greatest common multiple of any integers as whatever number is said to be it, the lowest common multiple of the numbers can be added to get an even greater common multiple. If you mean least common multiple (the lowest (positive) integer that can be divided by the numbers without a remainder), the answer is 312. If you mean the greatest common factor (the greatest (positive) integer that can divide into the numbers without any remainder). the answer is 4.
No, the greatest common factor is never greater than the smallest number. The greatest common factor is the largest integer that divides evenly into all of the numbers listed.
the least common multiple is what the numbers you are using divide into. e.g. 3 and 6 have 12 as the common factor. the greatest common factor is what divides into your numbers. 6 and 9 have 3 as the greatest common factor
No.When talking about factors and multiples the numbers are integers (whole numbers).A factor of a number means that the number is a multiple of the factor; the factor divides into the number without any remainder.There is no such thing as a Highest Common Multiple - it is always possible to find a higher common multiple (by adding the Lowest Common Multiple to the supposed highest common multiple).There is a Lowest Common Multiple (LCM) which is the smallest number which is a multiple of two or more numbers. It is also called the Least Common Multiple, or when working with fractions it can be referred to as the Least Common Denominator as the two or more numbers are the denominators of the fractions and equivalent fractions are being sought to be able to do an addition or subtraction.There is a Highest Common Factor (HCF) which is the largest number which divides into each of the two or more numbers without remainder. It is also called the Greatest Common Factor. If the numbers are relatively prime (or co-prime) their HCF is 1.
The least common multiple of two numbers is the product of the two numbers divided by their greatest common factor. The greatest common factor of 15 and 32 is 1, so the least common multiple is 15 x 32 ÷ 1 = 480.