Question

What is the least common denominater for 5/6 and 3/8

Answer 1

We need to find the LCM, so we start off by listing the multiples of 6 and 8

6: 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36
8: 8, 16, 24, 32, 40

You can notice that 6 and 8 both have 24 in common so that means that 24 is the least common denominator.

Answer 2

so find the LCM or least common multipule
this is found by factoring and combining factors, ingnoring duplicates so

6 and 8
6=2 times 3
8=2 times 2 times 2
so the LCM=2 times 2 times 2 times 3 (we ignored the other 2 because it was in there already)=24