Definitions for "LEAST COMMON MULTIPLE"
Keywords:  lcm, smallest, divisible, integer, zero
The smallest non-zero number that is a multiple of two or more numbers.
the smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbers; "the least common multiple of 12 and 18 is 36"
The LCM of a set of numbers is the smallest number that each of the numbers in the original set will divide into evenly.
Keywords:  denominator, find, common, example
L.C.M. of (6, 9) = 18 since 6 = 2 3 and 9 = 3 L.C.M. = 2 3 = 18 Find the L.C.M. of (7, 15, 21) since 7 = 7, 15 = 3 5 and 21 = 3 L.C.M. = 7 5 = 105 Example: Find the least common denominator (L.C.D.) of: , , The L.C.D. of , , = L.C.M. of (2, 4, 6) = 12.