Least Common Multiple of 35 and 48

How to find the Least Common Multiple of 35 and 48?

On this page below, we'll use the Prime Factorisation, and the List of Multiples method to find out the LCM of 35 and 48.

Follow the steps below, and let's calculate the LCM of 35 and 48.

Method 1 - Prime factorization

Step 1: Create a list of all the prime factors of the numbers 35 and 48:

Prime factors of 35

The prime factors of 35 are 5 and 7. Prime factorization of 35 in exponential form is:

35 = 5¹x7¹

Prime factors of 48

The prime factors of 48 are 2, 2, 2, 2 and 3. Prime factorization of 48 in exponential form is:

48 = 2⁴x3¹

Step 2: Identify the highest power of each prime number from the above boxes:

5¹, 7¹, 2⁴, 3¹

Step 3: Multiply these values together:

5¹x7¹x2⁴x3¹=1680

Step 4: The result:

As seen on the calculation above, we have now obtained the LCM of 35 and 48.

The Least Common Multiple of 35 and 48 is 1680.

Method 2 - List of Multiples

Find and list multiples of each number until the first common multiple is found. This is the lowest common multiple.

Multiples of 35:

35, 70, 105, 140, 175, 210, 245, 280, 315, 350, 385, 420, 455, 490, 525, 560, 595, 630, 665, 700, 735, 770, 805, 840, 875, 910, 945, 980, 1015, 1050, 1085, 1120, 1155, 1190, 1225, 1260, 1295, 1330, 1365, 1400, 1435, 1470, 1505, 1540, 1575, 1610, 1645, 1680, 1715, 1750, 1785

Multiples of 48:

48, 96, 144, 192, 240, 288, 336, 384, 432, 480, 528, 576, 624, 672, 720, 768, 816, 864, 912, 960, 1008, 1056, 1104, 1152, 1200, 1248, 1296, 1344, 1392, 1440, 1488, 1536, 1584, 1632, 1680, 1728, 1776, 1824