How do you find the least common multiple of 6 and 8?

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Lily
Dec 1, 2016

24

Explanation:

If you can use a calculator, make a table with one column being #6 * x# and the other as #8 * x# to check for all multiples, and then graph and look for the first intersection (the one closest to the origin).

If not, manually multiply it out.

#6 * 1 = 6#
#6 * 2 = 12#
#6 * 3 = 18#
#6 * 4 = 24#
# ... #

#8 * 1 = 8#
#8 * 2 = 16#
#8 * 3 = 24#
# ... #

And there's your match.

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