How to find the least common multiple - ACT Math
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What is the least common multiple of 4 and 6?
What is the least common multiple of 4 and 6?
12 is the least common multiple of 4 and 6.
12 is the least common multiple of 4 and 6.
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What is the least common multiple of 8, 25, and 40?
What is the least common multiple of 8, 25, and 40?
Find the multiples of 40, and find the smallest one that is divisible by 8 and 25.
Find the multiples of 40, and find the smallest one that is divisible by 8 and 25.
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If ab < 96 and b is a multiple of 4, what is the greatest possible value of a?
If ab < 96 and b is a multiple of 4, what is the greatest possible value of a?
Since we want a to be as large as possible, we want b to be as small as possible. The lowest possible value of b, then, is 4. If b is 4, then we can solve for a by setting up the equation:
4(a) = 96
96/4 = 24
Since we want a to be as large as possible, we want b to be as small as possible. The lowest possible value of b, then, is 4. If b is 4, then we can solve for a by setting up the equation:
4(a) = 96
96/4 = 24
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A sliced cake can be equally split among 4, 5, or 6 people, with each person receiving the same number of slices. Which of the following answers represents a possible number of slices that the cake could have?
A sliced cake can be equally split among 4, 5, or 6 people, with each person receiving the same number of slices. Which of the following answers represents a possible number of slices that the cake could have?
If you divide the answer choices by 4, 5, and 6, 120 is the only choice that divides evenly by all three numbers.
If you divide the answer choices by 4, 5, and 6, 120 is the only choice that divides evenly by all three numbers.
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What is the least common multiple of 20, 16, and 32?
What is the least common multiple of 20, 16, and 32?
The least comon multiple is the lowest multiple of all three numbers. 160 is 32x5, 16x10, and 8x20.
The least comon multiple is the lowest multiple of all three numbers. 160 is 32x5, 16x10, and 8x20.
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What is the least common multiple of 
and 
?
What is the least common multiple of
To find the least common multiple of two numbers, if they are both prime, simply multiply the numbers.
Thus we get that
We could also write out the multiples of each number and see what numbers they have in common. The least common multiple will be the common number that appears first in both sets.
To find the least common multiple of two numbers, if they are both prime, simply multiply the numbers.
Thus we get that
We could also write out the multiples of each number and see what numbers they have in common. The least common multiple will be the common number that appears first in both sets.
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What is the least common multiple of 
What is the least common multiple of
To find the lowest common multiply, we need to find the smallest value which is a factor of each of the three numbers. We know it has to be even from the factor of two. If we look at the value 
, the lowest multiple of that number is 
Since the other two values are also divisible by this number, that is the lowest common multiple.
To find the lowest common multiply, we need to find the smallest value which is a factor of each of the three numbers. We know it has to be even from the factor of two. If we look at the value
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