[Gllug] "lowest common denominator"

Andrew Black (li) andrew-li at black1.org.uk
Sat Jun 21 07:38:24 UTC 2003


> The LCD is the lowest number common to two or more sets. 3, 5, 7 and 3, 6,
9
> has an LCD of 3 -- the number that is SMALLER than all the numbers we are
> considering.

If you are trying to add  fractions 1/3 + 1/4 + 1/2, the denominators are 3
4 and 2.
A common denominator is any number that is divisible by all these - eg 12 ,
24..
The lowest common denominator is the lowest of these ie 12.





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