document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1170228>Question 1170228</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> One elf ate 1/6 of a pie. Another elf ate 3/8 of the pie. A third elf ate 1/4 of the pie.  How much of the pie was left?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Show how you found the common multiple using prime factorization, then solve.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I'm stuck! Please help!<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #795091 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><B>ikleyn(52794)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=ikleyn><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=795091\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> .\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you learn about the Least Common Multiple from the formal point of view,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you probably NEVER will get real understanding.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Actually, in the most simple cases, with which you will have deal in school, you can find LCM mentally and intuitively,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "based on your common sense:  &nbsp;LCM is &nbsp;&nbsp;<U>a common multiple</U>  &nbsp;and the &nbsp;&nbsp;<U>least common multiple</U>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "LCM(2,4) = 4\r\n" );
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document.write( "LCM(2,3) = 6\r\n" );
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document.write( "LCM(3,4) = 12\r\n" );
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document.write( "LCM(4,5) = 20\r\n" );
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document.write( "LCM(3,6) =  6     (  <<<---===  I fixed my typo here . . . )\r\n" );
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document.write( "LCM(3,8) = 24\r\n" );
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document.write( "LCM(5,6) = 30\r\n" );
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document.write( "It is practically all you need to know.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you know it, &nbsp;your common sense will do the rest and will guide you.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The formal definition is needed only to work with complicated cases, &nbsp;which you, &nbsp;probably, &nbsp;will never meet is your school practice.\r<BR>\n" );
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