LCM 

Least Common Multiple ( LCM )

• the smallest common multiple of two or more numbers.
GCF [ Greatest common Factor]
• 12 and 18
I can run around the park in about 16 minutes and her friend, Julienne, can do it in about 20 minutes. If they
both start at the same time and continue running around the park, about how long will it take them to be next to
each other again?

• Cherry runs around in 16 minutes

• Julienne in 20 minutes.
• They will meet again, at the starting point, at times that are multiples of 16 or 20 minutes
• which means we need to find the LCM of 16 and 20.

• We know that 16=2*2*2*2, and 20=(2*2)*5, so the LCM is 2*2*2*2*5=80

 Noel is arranging his pictures in rows in his album. If he puts 7 in a row, there are 4 extra
pictures. If he puts 9 in a row, there is none left. What is the smallest number of pictures that will
allow him to do this?
The snack Shop buys hotdogs in packs of 36 and hotdog buns in packs of 20. What is the least number of hotdogs
and buns they can buy to have an equal number of each? How many packs of hotdogs and buns will there be?
First find LCM

180/ 36= 5 packs of hotdog

180/20=9 packs of hotdog buns
I want to plant 45 pechay seedlings, 81 okra plants, and 63 tomato plants in my garden. If I will plant the same
number of plants in each row, and each row has only one type of plant, what is the greatest number of plants
• To find the greatest number of plants thatthat
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canput in one
grow row of
in each a same plant is calculated by dividing the
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total number of plants by its least factor
Total no. of pechey seedling= 45
Number of plants we can put in each row, such that the number of plants is same in each row = 45/3
                             = 15 plants
Total no. of okra plant = 81
• Number of plants we can put in each row, such that the number of plants is same in each row = 81/3
                             = 27 plants
Total no. of tomato plants =  63
• Number of plants we can put in each row, such that the number of plants is same in each row = 63/3
                              = 21 plants
Hence, the greatest number of plants in one row = 27 plants
which is of okra plant.
Ms. Rivera, our Art teacher, has 36 sheets of red paper and 42 sheets of blue paper. If she wanted
to give an equal number of each type of paper to most number of pupils possible, how many
sheets of paper would each pupil get?
In this case we have to find greatest common factor