The LCM refers to integers, not fractions.
The HCF helps when reducing fractions. The LCM helps when adding or subtracting fractions.
When adding fractions, you want to make sure that the denominators are the same. It's the same process as the LCM.
The HCF helps in simplifying fractions and the LCM helps in finding the lowest common denominator in fractions
LCM is applied to whole numbers, not fractions.
To add fractions.
0.314 = 314/1000 = 157/500
1256
The LCD of two fractions is the same as the LCM of their denominators.
Finding the LCM will make adding and subtracting fractions easier.
The HCF helps when reducing fractions. The LCM helps when adding or subtracting fractions.
The LCM is used for integers, not fractions. If you're trying to add unlike fractions, take the LCM of the denominators (known in this case as the least common denominator, or LCD), convert the fractions and proceed.
Use the GCF to reduce fractions. Use the LCM to add and subtract unlike fractions. Carpenters work with fractions a lot.
The LCM refers to whole numbers, not fractions.
The LCM applies to whole numbers, not fractions.
17.4444
The LCM is 17.
The LCM of 14 and 42 is 42.