Tag: LCM
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Least Common Multiple Example
There are two ways to find the LCM given in the textbook (Basic Mathematical Skills with Geometry, 8th Ed. by Baratto and Bergman) Let’s look at example #4 on page 192 in a little more detail. One way of doing this problem would be the ‘Listing Method’. So, to find the LCM of 10 and…
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Links from the Week – including a LCM/GCF Competition-Style Idea
Sometimes I wonder how many people actually find this more annoying than useful. 1. Maple Worksheets for Calculus – In addition to the Applets which I previously posted about, there St. Louis University also has a series of Maple Worksheets for Calculus that could prove to be useful. That is, if Maple is your thing.…
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GCF, LCM, and Order of Operations
In my Basic Mathematics class we just finished discussing the order of operations, and students always seem to have a problem with it, especially when division comes before multiplication (Sally has always told them otherwise). Today we discussed finding the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) and Least Common Multiple (LCM), another topic that students sometimes seem…
Jon Oaks 