Question

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Find the lowest common multiple (LCM) of 28, 42 and 63
Show your working clearly.

Answer 1

252 is the answer

Explanation:

find the multiples of all of them ( and make sure it is the least. )

28:

28, 56, 84, 112, 140, 168, 196, 224, 252, 280, 308

42:

42, 84, 126, 168, 210, 252, 294, 336

63:

63, 126, 189, 252, 315, 378

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you see that 252 is the answer

252 is the answer

Answer 2

Least Common Multiple (LCM) of 28,42,63 is 252 ∴ So the LCM of the given numbers is 2 x 3 x 7 x 2 x 1 x 3 = 252

Explanation: