Least common multiple
The smallest number that is a multiple of two numbers. A bus every 4 minutes and a bus every 6 minutes leave together again after 12 minutes, the first number in both lists of multiples. It is the product of the two numbers only when they share no factor but 1. Also called the lowest common multiple.
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You can find the common multiples of two numbers and the least of them, use it for "when do they meet again?" and "how many to come out even?", and know when it is the product of the two numbers.
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You can find the common multiples of two numbers and the least of them, use it for "when do they meet again?" and "how many to come out even?", and know when it is the product of the two numbers.
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