SOLUTION: Find the LCM of 40, 50, and 60. (show your work)

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Question 42193: Find the LCM of 40, 50, and 60. (show your work)
Answer by longjonsilver(2297) About Me  (Show Source):
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well, 4 and 6 have the following common multiples:
12
24
36
48
60 etc

Add in 5 too and the first number in this sequence that 5 goes into is 60.

So, for 40 and 60:
120
240
360
480
600

And consider 50 too now, and we get 600.

Jon