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Example Question #222 : Arithmetic
What is the least common multiple of and ?
Let's start by writing the prime factorization of these two numbers:
and .
Then we just have to multiply each factor raised to its highet power for common factors, as follows:
or .
Example Question #1773 : Problem Solving Questions
You know that and that the greatest common divisor of and is . What is the least common multiple of and ?
For any positive integer and , being their least common multiple and being their greatest common factor, then .
Therefore,
or .
Example Question #61 : Understanding The Properties Of Integers
and the greatest common divisor of and is , what is the least common multiple of and ?
We can use the property that for and , whose greatest common factor is and whose least common multiple is , then .
Therefore,
or .
Example Question #225 : Arithmetic
, and the least common multiple of and is , what is their greatest common factor?
Using the property
then, .
Notice that the GCD or greatest common divisor is the same thing as the GCF, or greatest common factor.
Example Question #231 : Arithmetic
is a positive integer, which has an odd number of distinct factors, what is ?
Another property of perfect squares, is that they will always have an odd number of distinct factors.
For example, has the following factors, .
There are distinct factors, which is an odd number.
The only perfect square in the answer choices is , therefore, it is the final answer.
Example Question #1781 : Gmat Quantitative Reasoning
How many 's are there at the end of ?
Firstly, we must remember that the number of zeros at the end will be given by the number of powers of ten that we have in the factorial of 30. Ten is the product of 2 and 5, and since there will be more powers of two in the product than powers of 5, the final answer is given by the number of powers of 5 in the product. (This is because a two will then multiply each of the fives, which would give us 10 raised to the power of however many five we have.) We can write them out : . Now we would be tempted to answer 6, since there are 6 multiples of 5, but in fact there are 7 fives since 25 is the product of two fives.
Therefore, the final answer is .
Example Question #67 : Understanding The Properties Of Integers
How many 's are there at the end of ?
We must remember that the number of zeros at the end of will be given by the number of powers of ten that we have in the factorial of 50. Ten is the product of 2 and 5, and since there will be more powers of two in the product than powers of 5, the final answer is given by the number of powers of 5 in the product. (This is because a two will then multiply each of the fives, which would give us 10 raised to the power of however many fives we have.)
We should write out all the multiples of 5 in the product as follows:
. There are 10 multiples of 5, but in reality, since 25 and 50 both have in their prime factorization, there are 12 fives in the product; therefore, there will be zeros at the end of , since 12 even numbers will then multiply our 12 fives, which would give us 10 raised to the power of 12.
Example Question #1782 : Problem Solving Questions
By which number can be divided, where is a positive integer?
Here, the tricky part is that we might get confused by small values for for which our product will be zero, namely for and . Remember that can't be zero since zero is not a positive number. But actually, zero can be divided by any number. Therefore, we must take a look at greater values for . Since the product is the product of two consecutive integers, the result will always be even; in other words it will be divisible by . Therefore, the final answer is .
Example Question #61 : Properties Of Integers
Which of the following can divide , where is a positive integer?
We don't know , but we can see that it is the product of three consecutive integers; therefore, the product will either include two odd numbers and one even number or two even numbers and one odd number. This product can be divided by 3 and 2 or 6, since from three consecutive integers, at least one will be 3. Therefore, is the final answer.
Example Question #70 : Understanding The Properties Of Integers
and are distinct positive integers. is an even quantity. Which of the following must be even?
(You may assume all of these are positive quantities.)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(a), (b), and (c)
(c) only
(b) only
(a) only
None
None
If is even, then either both and are even or both are odd.
If both and are even, then:
(a) and are odd, and their product is odd.
(b) is even, both and are odd, and their product is odd.
(c) and are even, and are odd, and their product is odd.
If both and are odd, then:
(a) and are even, and their product is even.
(b) is odd, both and are even, and their product is even.
(c) and are odd, and are even, and their product is even.
Therefore, all three expressions may be even or odd, and the correct response is none.