least common multiple of 3 and 6

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on Mar 17, 2025 at 5:27 pm



You asked:

Find the least common multiple of the following numbers: 3,63, 6.

MathBot Answer:

Method 1:

The least common multiple of a set of integers is the smallest positive integer divisible by all integers in the set.

The prime factorization of 33 is 33.

The prime factorization of 66 is 2×32 \times 3.

Find the least common multiple by multiplying the prime number powers together, including only the greatest prime number power of each common prime.

lcm(3,6)=2×3=6.\text{lcm}(3, 6) = 2 \times 3 = 6.


Method 2:

The least common multiple of a set of integers is the smallest positive integer divisible by all integers in the set.

The lcm of two numbers is related to the greatest common denominator of those same two numbers by the following relation: lcm(a,b)=a×bgcd(a,b)\text{lcm}(a, b) = \frac{a \times b}{\text{gcd}(a, b)}.
Therefore:

gcd(3,6)=3\text{gcd}(3, 6) = 3

lcm(3,6)=3×63=183=6\text{lcm}(3, 6) = \frac{3 \times 6}{3} = \frac{18}{3} = 6