What is the smallest positive integer divisible by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9?
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Firstly we can ignore 1, as every integer is divisible by 1, then we have: 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 = = = = = = = = 2 3 2 × 2 5 2 × 3 7 2 × 2 × 2 3 × 3 Now, we can start cancelling numbers, if they're including already. So let's begin with the largest number, 9. As 9 = 3 × 3 , we can eliminate 3. Now the next biggest is 8. So 9 × 8 = 3 2 × 2 3 Now we can eliminate 2, 4 and 6 as they are factors of 9 × 8 . Now, as 5 and 7 are prime, they are unique.
This means that overall we have: 2 3 × 3 2 × 5 × 7 = 2 5 2 0