How To Find LCM?

List the prime factorization of each number

Take the highest power of each prime that appears in any factorization

Multiply those highest powers together to get the LCM

If using a list method: list multiples of the largest number until a common multiple is found

If using the GCD method: use LCM(a, b) = |a·b| / GCD(a, b)

For more than two numbers: compute LCM stepwise, e.g., LCM(a, b, c) = LCM(LCM(a, b), c)

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