Find Least Common Multiple of 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 using division method..
Answer
LCM( 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 ) = 120
Explanation
Step 1 : Write the given numbers in a horizontal line.
| 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 |
Step 2 : Divide the given numbers by smallest prime number. In this example we can divide by 2.
(if any number is not divisible by 2, write it down unchanged)
| 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
Step 3 : Continue dividing by prime numbers till we get 1 in all columns.
| 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 |
| 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Step 4 : Multiply numbers in first column to get LCM.
LCM( 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 ) = 2 · 2 · 2 · 3 · 5 = 120 .
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