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What is LCM

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Iftikhar


please explain it briefly

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Sudip Bahadur Karki

LCM stands for lowest common multiple. LCM is a number which can be divisible by a set of numbers. For example, 12 is the LCM of 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 12. This means 12 can be divided exactly by 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 12 itself.

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Asia

Least Common Multiple.You find the least common multiple of 2,3 or more numbers until it is not further come in any table except of 1

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Kyle Thacker

LCM stands for Least Common Multiple. It is the smallest number that is a multiple of two or more numbers. 


To find the LCM of two numbers, follow these steps:

List the Multiples: Write down the multiples of each number until you find a common one.

Identify the Smallest Common Multiple: Look for the smallest number that appears in both lists.


Example: Finding the LCM of 4 and 5

Multiples of 4:

  • 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, ...

Multiples of 5:

  • 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, ...

Common Multiples:

  • Both lists contain 20.

LCM:

  • The smallest common multiple is 20.



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Bobby Francis Bradshaw

Lowest common multiple is the smallest whole number that is divisible by a number without leaving a remainder

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Jess Jackson

LCM stands for Lowest Common Multiple. It’s the smallest positive integer that is divisible by two or more given numbers without leaving a remainder. Calculating the LCM is often useful in adding or subtracting fractions with different denominators.

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Jeet

LCM is the short form for “Least Common Multiple.” The least common multiple is defined as the smallest multiple that two or more numbers have in common. For example: Take two integers, 2 and 3. Multiples of 2: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20.

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Rutali Santoshkumar Arekar

LCM stands for "Least Common Multiple." It is the smallest positive integer that is a multiple of two or more numbers.

In other words, it is the smallest number that all the given numbers can divide into evenly.

The LCM is often used in various mathematical operations, such as adding or subtracting fractions with different denominators.

Usually fractions look scary and people often avoid them but using LCM you can make it simple and hence solve it easily.

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Mutsa Mutsondi

Lowest common multiple shared within a set of numbers for example, the lowest common multiple of 6 and 3 is 6. This is because 6 is within both the 3 and 6 times tables.

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Tamara Awad

LCM is the lowest common denominator.

This is when you have 2 numbers and you need to find the lowest number that is a multiple of both of those numbers.

For example, with the numbers 35 and 42, the lowest common denominator is 7. That is because this is the lowest number that BOTH 35 and 42 can be divided by to achieve a whole number.

You may think the LCM is 1, as any number can be divided by 1 to get a whole number, but 1 doesn't count as an LCM.

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Farooq

LCM is the abbreviation for the Least Common multiple, which refers to the smallest number that is dividable by both two numbers or all the numbers for more than two numbers.

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Kyle Vollmer

Hi Iftikhar, the LCM often stands for the Lowest Common Multiple. If you have two (or more) numbers, we'll call them X and Y , the LCM is the smallest number that is also a multiple of X and a multiple of Y.

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LCM is least common multiple .for example LCM of 5 and 15 is 15 . If you observe the common multiples of 5 and 15 , there are 15, 30 , 45 and so on

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Gillian

Least/Lowest Common Multiple. The smallest positive integer that is divisible by both A and B. For example - if it was for 4 and 6, the LCM would be 2.

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Jordan Ssetimba

LCM or lowest common multiple is the smallest whole number in the times tables of the given numbers.

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The lowest common multiple (LCM) is the lowest multiple shared by two or more numbers.

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