SOLUTION: please help me solve this problem: what is the LCM of 14 and 56? thank you in advance..

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Question 471828: please help me solve this problem:
what is the LCM of 14 and 56?
thank you in advance..

Answer by MathLover1(20850) About Me  (Show Source):
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the least common multiple, the LCM of 14 and 56
Multiples of 14 are:
14, 28, 32, 56, 70, 84,98,112,126,140,154, 168,...
and the multiples of 56 are:
56, 112, 168, 224,280 ...
Common multiples of 14 and 56 are simply the numbers that are in both lists:
56, 112, 168, ....
So the least common multiple of 14 and 56 is the smallest one of those: 56