How do you find the least common multiple of 9, 6, and 2?
1 Answer
Jan 15, 2017
Factor each number to its prime factors multiply all the prime factors together, use each prime number only once.
Explanation:
9 can be factored into
6 can be factored into
( since nine already has two factors of 3 the factor of three from six does not need to be used)
2 can be factored into
( since six already has a factor of 2 the second factor of is not needed)
So multiplying the unique factors gives
The least common multiple is 18