Given: 120 & 360
Find:
Least
common multiple of 120 and 360
Solution:
In order to use the number patterns to find the least common
multiple of 120 and 360, we need to factor each value first and then, we choose
all the factors that appear in any of the column and then we multiply them.
120:
2
2
2
3
5
360:
2
2
2
3
3
5
LCM:
2
2
2
3
3
5
Therefore, the Least Common Multiple (LCM) of 120 and 360 is:
2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 5 = 360
