Answers:

Exercise 1:
1) L.C.M. = 6
2) L.C.M. = 10
3) L.C.M. = 18
4) L.C.M. = 8
5) L.C.M. = 20
6) L.C.M. = 42
7) L.C.M. = 66
8) L.C.M. = 70
9) L.C.M. = 70
10) L.C.M. = 30
11) L.C.M. = 77
12) L.C.M. = 72
13) L.C.M. = 165
14) L.C.M. = 220
15) L.C.M. = 420
16) L.C.M. = 60
17) L.C.M. = 168
18) L.C.M. = 112
19) L.C.M. = 18
20) L.C.M. = 12
 Finding Lowest Common Multiples (L.C.M) of given Fractions Prime Numbers: 2, 3 , 5 , 7 ,
11, 13 , 17

ANSWERS: Exercise 2: Find the L.C.M. of the following

1 1 2 5 1 5 1 3 3 2
, = , = , = , = , =
4 2 3 6 4 12 2 10 9 3

L.C.M = 4 L.C.M = 6 L.C.M = 12 L.C.M = 10 L.C.M = 9

3 1 4 3 2 3 1 2 1 4
, = , = , = , = , =
4 8 5 8 3 4 2 3 2 9

L.C.M = 8 L.C.M = 40 L.C.M = 12 L.C.M = 6 L.C.M = 18

7 2 1 5 1 2 1 1 2 4
, = , = , = , = , =
10 9 3 12 2 5 4 2 3 5

L.C.M = 90 L.C.M = 12 L.C.M = 10 L.C.M = 4 L.C.M = 15

1 4 7 1 2 3 2 1 7 3
, = , = , = , = , =
6 5 10 12 5 7 8 3 8 4

L.C.M = 30 L.C.M = 120 L.C.M = 35 L.C.M = 24 L.C.M = 8

Finding Lowest Common Multiples (L.C.M) of given Fractions Prime Numbers: 2, 3 , 5 , 7 ,

11, 13 , 17
 Answers: Exercise 3 : Using L.C.M. work the following sums

1 1 3 3 2 2 3 1 4 2
+ = + = + = + = + =
6 4 5 4 3 4 9 2 5 15

𝟓 𝟕 𝟏 𝟓 𝟏𝟒
L.C.M = L.C.M = 1 L.C.M = 1 L.C.M = L.C.M =
𝟏𝟐 𝟐𝟎 𝟔 𝟔 𝟏𝟓
3 1 5 1 5 1 3 2 7 2
+ = + = + = + = + =
8 4 8 3 12 2 10 5 20 5

𝟓 𝟐𝟑 𝟏𝟏 𝟕 𝟑
L.C.M = L.C.M = L.C.M = L.C.M = L.C.M =
𝟖 𝟐𝟒 𝟏𝟐 𝟏𝟎 𝟒
5 7 9 5 3 1 4 5 3 3
+ = + = + = + = + =
8 12 15 8 10 3 9 6 7 4

𝟓 𝟗 𝟏𝟗 𝟓 𝟓
L.C.M = 1 L.C.M = 1 L.C.M = L.C.M = 1 L.C.M = 1
𝟐𝟒 𝟒𝟎 𝟑𝟎 𝟏𝟖 𝟐𝟖