How do you find the least common multiple of 10, 2, and 15?
1 Answer
Jan 21, 2017
30
Explanation:
Observe that 10 is less than 15 so the multiple has to be bigger than 10. Any whole number multiple of 10 will have 0 as its last digit.
2 will be a factor of the LCM so it can not be an odd number.
The multiple of 15 can only have 5 or 0 as its last digit.
So in keeping with the above comments we pick the first multiple of 15 that has a 0 as its last digit (which as it happens, is an even number)
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So the LCM is 30
