What is the least common multiple of 6 and 8?

Joyce Smith

Joyce Smith

Answered question

2021-12-11

What is the least common multiple of 6 and 8?

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limacarp4

limacarp4

Beginner2021-12-12Added 39 answers

Prime factors of 6 are 2 and 3.
Prime factors of 8 are 2, 2 and 2.
For the least common multiple we have to pick up all the prime numbers and they should be repeated the maximum number of times they appear as a factor of any single number.
Hence, LCM is 2×2×2×3=24
Shannon Hodgkinson

Shannon Hodgkinson

Beginner2021-12-13Added 34 answers

LCM of 6 and 8 is 24.

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