What is the Least Common Multiple of 74993 and 75008?

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 74993 and 75008 with GCF Formula

The formula of LCM is LCM(a,b) = ( a × b) / GCF(a,b).
We need to calculate greatest common factor 74993 and 75008, than apply into the LCM equation.

GCF(74993,75008) = 1
LCM(74993,75008) = ( 74993 × 75008) / 1
LCM(74993,75008) = 5625074944 / 1
LCM(74993,75008) = 5625074944

Least Common Multiple (LCM) of 74993 and 75008 with Primes

Least common multiple can be found by multiplying the highest exponent prime factors of 74993 and 75008. First we will calculate the prime factors of 74993 and 75008.

Prime Factorization of 74993

Prime Factorization of 75008

Now multiplying the highest exponent prime factors to calculate the LCM of 74993 and 75008.

LCM(74993,75008) = 19¹ × 3947¹ × 2⁸ × 293¹
LCM(74993,75008) = 5625074944