Lowest Common Multiple Exercises and Practice Worksheet

Name: Due Date:

Exercises:
Use Method number 1 (List the multiples) for all questions to find the LCM:
1. 60 and 80
60: ( , , , , , , , ,….)
80: ( , , , , , , , ,….)
LCM =

2. 6, 4, and 10
6: ( , , ,….)
4: ( , , ,….)
10: ( , , ,….)
LCM =

3. 15 and 12

4. 14 and 28

5. 18 and 12

6. 10, 12, and 8

7. 14, 21 and 35

8. 30, 50 and 60

Use Method number 2 (Prime Factors) for all questions to find the LCM:

9. 24 and 20
24 = x x x
20 = x x
LCM =

10. 9, 15 and 25
9= x
15 = x
25 = x
LCM =

11. 90 and 150

 12. 16 and 114

13. 216 and 156

Practice:
Use either method to find the LCM:

1. 6, 15 2. 10, 16 3. 12, 20

4. 50, 75 5. 28, 52 6. 33, 44

7. 21, 28 8. 36, 45 9. 42, 35

10. 490, 470 11. 306, 270 12. 315, 242

13. 5, 9, 7 14. 6, 8, 14 15. 12, 36, 40

16. 2, 15, 12 17. 14, 21, 10, 12 18. 15, 20, 25, 40

Find the GCF and LCM:

19. 24, 32 20. 72, 40 21. 98, 35 22. 490, 700

Solve:

23.It takes Jun Kit 35 seconds to pack and label a box of electronic
components. The same job takes Lucas 42 seconds and Fleming 28 seconds.
If they all start at the same time, after how many seconds will they all want
to use the labeling machine at once?

24.Brianna’s Cinema and Dakota’s Cinema start their movies at 6:00 P.M. The
movie at Brianna’s Cinema takes 60 minutes. The movie at Dakota’s Cinema
takes 90 minutes. When will the two movies start at the same time?

25.Spring flowering bulbs are on sale at Austin’s garden shop. Travis and
Sydney want to buy equal amounts of all four kinds. What is the least
number of each kind they can they can buy? (Crocus – 6 for $1.65; Tulip – 4
for $3.50; Daffodil – 3 for $1.95; Hyacinth – 5 for $2.25)