LCM( 12, 34, 56, 78, 94 ) = 1745016
Step 1 : Write the given numbers in a horizontal line.
| 12 | 34 | 56 | 78 | 94 |
Step 2 : Divide the given numbers by smallest prime number. In this example we can divide by 2.
(if any number is not divisible by 2, write it down unchanged)
| 2 | 12 | 34 | 56 | 78 | 94 |
| 6 | 17 | 28 | 39 | 47 |
Step 3 : Continue dividing by prime numbers till we get 1 in all columns.
| 2 | 12 | 34 | 56 | 78 | 94 |
| 2 | 6 | 17 | 28 | 39 | 47 |
| 2 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 39 | 47 |
| 3 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 39 | 47 |
| 7 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 13 | 47 |
| 13 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 13 | 47 |
| 17 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 47 |
| 47 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 47 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Step 4 : Multiply numbers in first column to get LCM.
LCM( 12, 34, 56, 78, 94 ) = 2 · 2 · 2 · 3 · 7 · 13 · 17 · 47 = 1745016 .