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Thought-Process to Discover Knowledge

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Books and other education websites provide "matter-of-fact" knowledge. Instead, nubtrek provides a thought-process to discover knowledge.

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### Common Multiples

This page provides a brief overview of common multiples of two or more numbers.

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What are the multiples of 6 and 8?

• 12,18,24,30,36,42,48, ... and 16,24,32,40,48, ...
• 12,18,24,30,36,42,48, ... and 16,24,32,40,48, ...
• multiple for two numbers are not defined.

The answer is "12,18,24,30,36,42,48, ... and 16,24,32,40,48, ..."

The multiples of 6 are 12,18,24,30,36,42,48, ... and the multiples of 8 are 16,24,32,40,48, ....

What are the common multiples in these two?

• 24,48,72,...
• 24,48,72,...
• 18,16,...
• 4,12

The answer is "24,48,72,..."

Common Multiples : Multiples common between two or more numbers are common multiples of those numbers.

What are the common multiples of 2 and 4?

• 2,4,6,8, cdots
• 4,8,12, cdots
• 4,8,12, cdots

The answer is "4,8,12, cdots".

What are the common multiples of 8 and 3?

• there are no common factors between the numbers, so common multiple is not defined.
• 24,48, cdots
• 24,48, cdots

The answer is "24,48, cdots"

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