Question

The least common multiple of two numbers is 60, and one of the numbers is seven less than the other numbers. What are the numbers?

Answer 1

Start by writing all of the pairs of numbers that go into 60

1 60
2 30
3 20
4 15
5 12
6 10


Then, look for the pair that has a difference of seven between the two numbers.

Your numbers are 5 and 12