What is the Least Common Multiple of 39837 and 39851?

Least common multiple or lowest common denominator (lcd) can be calculated in two way; with the LCM formula calculation of greatest common factor (GCF), or multiplying the prime factors with the highest exponent factor.

Least Common Multiple of 39837 and 39851 with GCF Formula

The formula of LCM is LCM(a,b) = ( a × b) / GCF(a,b).
We need to calculate greatest common factor 39837 and 39851, than apply into the LCM equation.

GCF(39837,39851) = 7
LCM(39837,39851) = ( 39837 × 39851) / 7
LCM(39837,39851) = 1587544287 / 7
LCM(39837,39851) = 226792041

Least Common Multiple (LCM) of 39837 and 39851 with Primes

Least common multiple can be found by multiplying the highest exponent prime factors of 39837 and 39851. First we will calculate the prime factors of 39837 and 39851.

Prime Factorization of 39837

Prime Factorization of 39851

Now multiplying the highest exponent prime factors to calculate the LCM of 39837 and 39851.

LCM(39837,39851) = 3¹ × 7² × 271¹ × 5693¹
LCM(39837,39851) = 226792041