Question

You need to find the LCM of 13 and 14. Would you rather use their multiples or their prime factorizations? Explain.

Answer 1

Answer:

I would rather use their multiples.

Step-by-step explanation:

With 13 and 14, neither number has many factors (and few prime factors, for that matter) so factoring would be pretty much useless. If you wanted to use the prime factors of 14 (7 and 2) multiplying either of them by 13 would not give you the LCM. Actually the LCM is just 13*14 which is 182.

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