The LCM of any set of integers will never be smaller than the GCF.
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∙ 2015-09-07 02:09:47Whenever one number is a multiple of the other, the LCM is the larger number and the GCF is the smaller number. The difference is 42.
Very astute. The LCM and the GCF have an inverse relationship. Since their product equals the product of the original two numbers, the larger the GCF gets, the smaller the LCM is and vice versa.
Lcm = 120 gcf = 6
The GCF is 4. The LCM is 72.
The LCM is their product. The GCF is 1.
Whenever one number is a multiple of the other, the LCM is the larger number and the GCF is the smaller number. The difference is 42.
No number can have a multiple smaller than itself. No number can have a factor larger than itself. In a set of two numbers, the LCM can't be smaller than the larger number and the GCF can't be larger than the smaller number. In rare cases, the LCM can equal the GCF, but it can never be smaller.
The LCM will be larger than those numbers, i.e. 4740. The HCF (GCF) is 5
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 GCF is 12. The LCM is 360.
Very astute. The LCM and the GCF have an inverse relationship. Since their product equals the product of the original two numbers, the larger the GCF gets, the smaller the LCM is and vice versa.
The GCF is 68, the LCM is 68
GCF is 2.LCM is 42.The GCF is 2.
The GCF is: 16The LCM is: 640The LCM is: 640
The GCF is 15. The LCM is 450.
LCM is 120, GCF is 6
The GCF is 6xy. The LCM is 72xy2