Question

Find the LCM of 16 and 24

Answer 1

The first step to find the LCM is to break the two numbers into factors. This is done below:

`\begin{gathered} 24=2\cdot2\cdot2\cdot3 \\ 16=2\cdot2\cdot2\cdot2 \end{gathered}`

We then multiply each factor. If the factor appears on both numbers at the same time we only multiply it once.

`\begin{gathered} \text{LCM}=2\cdot2\cdot2\cdot2\cdot3 \\ \text{LCM}=48 \end{gathered}`

The LCM between these two numbers is 48.