LCM( 160, 180, 230, 140 ) = 231840
Step 1 : Write the given numbers in a horizontal line.
| 160 | 180 | 230 | 140 |
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 | 160 | 180 | 230 | 140 |
| 80 | 90 | 115 | 70 |
Step 3 : Continue dividing by prime numbers till we get 1 in all columns.
| 2 | 160 | 180 | 230 | 140 |
| 2 | 80 | 90 | 115 | 70 |
| 2 | 40 | 45 | 115 | 35 |
| 2 | 20 | 45 | 115 | 35 |
| 2 | 10 | 45 | 115 | 35 |
| 3 | 5 | 45 | 115 | 35 |
| 3 | 5 | 15 | 115 | 35 |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 115 | 35 |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 7 |
| 23 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Step 4 : Multiply numbers in first column to get LCM.
LCM( 160, 180, 230, 140 ) = 2 · 2 · 2 · 2 · 2 · 3 · 3 · 5 · 7 · 23 = 231840 .