document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1041785>Question 1041785</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The boys of a school can be arranged in 12,15 and 18 equal rows and also<BR>\n" );
document.write( "into a solid square. What is the least number of boys that the school can have? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "into a solid square.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " What is the least number of boys that the school can have? <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "find the least common multiple of 12, 15 and 18, use prime factoring<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12: 2*2*3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "15: 3*5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "18: 2*3*3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "therefore<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2*2*3*3*5 = 180 but not a perfect square<BR>\n" );
document.write( "find a multiple of 180 that is a perfect square,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That would be 3600 boys<BR>\n" );
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