LCM Practice

The least common multiple (LCM) of two or more integers is the smallest positive integer that is divisible by each of the integers.

To find the LCM of two numbers, list the multiples of each number and identify the smallest multiple that appears in both lists.

24

55

24

10, 20, 30, 40, 50

33

A multiple of a number is the product of that number and an integer.

The relationship is given by the formula: LCM(a, b) = (a * b) / GCD(a, b).

By finding the prime factorization of each number, you can take the highest power of each prime factor to determine the LCM.