Lowest Common Multiple of a Set

What is the lowest common multiple of the numbers 8, 9, 10, and 12?

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Arron Kau Staff
May 13, 2014

The Lowest Common Multiple of a set of numbers will be equal to the product of the highest power of each prime that appears in the list. Since 8 = 2 3 , 9 = 3 2 , 10 = 2 × 5 , 12 = 2 2 × 3 8 = 2^3, 9 = 3^2, 10 = 2 \times 5, 12 = 2^2 \times 3 , their LCM is going to be 2 3 × 3 2 × 5 1 = 360 2^3 \times 3^2 \times 5^1 = 360 .

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