最さい小しょう公こう倍ばい数すう

noun

least common multiple; lowest common multiple

Mathematical term for the smallest positive integer that is a multiple of two or more given integers. Often abbreviated as LCM.

• 4と6の最さい小しょう公こう倍ばい数すうは12です。

  The least common multiple of 4 and 6 is 12.

• 最さい小しょう公こう倍ばい数すうを求もとめるには、素そ因いん数すう分ぶん解かいを使つかうと便べん利りです。

  To find the least common multiple, it is useful to use prime factorization.