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Sunday, 14 September 2014

How can you decide whether finding common multiples or common factors is helpful in solving a problem?

 Least Common Multiples- which ever multiple comes first from 2 numbers, is called the least common multiple

Finding common multiples and common factors are extremely important in solving a problem, because that is one of the first essential steps to break down, and simplify thinking. For example, if we come across a question that asks you to find a mystery number, and you are given the following clues
LEAST COMMON MULTIPLE IS 7
GREATEST COMMON FACTOR IS 70
The first step would be to find the answer.

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