If the hcf of two numbers is 1 and the lcm is 3395 what is the other number if one of them is 97

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lcm (679; 485) = ?

The prime factorization of a number: finding the prime numbers that multiply together to make that number.

679 = 7 × 97
679 is not a prime number but a composite one.

485 = 5 × 97
485 is not a prime number but a composite one.

* The natural numbers that are only divisible by 1 and themselves are called prime numbers. A prime number has exactly two factors: 1 and itself.
* A composite number is a natural number that has at least one other factor than 1 and itself.

Multiply all the prime factors of the two numbers, taken by the largest exponents (largest powers).

lcm (679; 485) = 5 × 7 × 97

This algorithm involves the process of dividing numbers and calculating the remainders.

'a' and 'b' are the two natural numbers, 'a' >= 'b'.

Divide 'a' by 'b' and get the remainder of the operation, 'r'.

If 'r' = 0, STOP. 'b' = the gcf (hcf, gcd) of 'a' and 'b'.

Else: Replace ('a' by 'b') and ('b' by 'r'). Return to the step above.

Step 1. Divide the larger number by the smaller one:
679 ÷ 485 = 1 + 194 Step 2. Divide the smaller number by the above operation's remainder:
485 ÷ 194 = 2 + 97 Step 3. Divide the remainder of the step 1 by the remainder of the step 2:
194 ÷ 97 = 2 + 0 At this step, the remainder is zero, so we stop: 97 is the number we were looking for - the last non-zero remainder.

This is the greatest (highest) common factor (divisor).

The greatest (highest) common factor (divisor):
gcf, hcf, gcd (679; 485) = 97

The least common multiple, Formula:

lcm (a; b) = (a × b) / gcf, hcf, gcd (a; b)

lcm (679; 485) =

(679 × 485) / gcf, hcf, gcd (679; 485) =

329,315 / 97 =

3,395

When adding, subtracting or sorting fractions with different denominators, in order to work with those fractions we must first make the denominators the same. An easy way is to calculate the least common multiple of all the denominators of the fractions (the least common denominator).

By definition, the least common multiple of two numbers is the smallest natural number that is: (1) greater than 0 and (2) a multiple of both numbers.

Calculate the least common multiple of the numbers, LCM:

Method 1: Run the prime factorization of the numbers - then multiply all the prime factors of the numbers, taken by the largest exponents.

Method 2: The Euclidean algorithm:
lcm (a; b) = (a × b) / gcf (a; b)

Method 3: The divisibility of the numbers.

• The number 60 is a common multiple of the numbers 6 and 15 because 60 is a multiple of 6 (60 = 6 × 10) and also a multiple of 15 (60 = 15 × 4).
• There are infinitely many common multiples of 6 and 15.

• If the number "v" is a multiple of the numbers "a" and "b", then all the multiples of "v" are also multiples of "a" and "b".
• The common multiples of 6 and 15 are the numbers 30, 60, 90, 120, and so on.
• Out of these, 30 is the smallest, 30 is the least common multiple (lcm) of 6 and 15.

• Note: The prime factorization of a number: finding the prime numbers that multiply together to give that number.
• If e = lcm (a, b), then the prime factorization of "e" must contain all the prime factors involved in the prime factorization of "a" and "b" taken by the highest power.

• Example:
• 40 = 23 × 5
• 36 = 22 × 32
• 126 = 2 × 32 × 7
• lcm (40, 36, 126) = 23 × 32 × 5 × 7 = 2,520
• Note: 23 = 2 × 2 × 2 = 8. We are saying that 2 was raised to the power of 3. Or, shorter, 2 to the power of 3. In this example 3 is the exponent and 2 is the base. The exponent indicates how many times the base is multiplied by itself. 23 is the power and 8 is the value of the power:

• Another example of calculating the least common multiple, lcm:
• 938 = 2 × 7 × 67
• 982 = 2 × 491
• 743 = is a prime number and cannot be broken down into other prime factors
• lcm (938, 982, 743) = 2 × 7 × 67 × 491 × 743 = 342,194,594

• If two or more numbers have no common factors (they are coprime), then their least common multiple is calculated by simply multiplying the numbers.
• Example:
• 6 = 2 × 3
• 35 = 5 × 7
• lcm (6, 35) = 2 × 3 × 5 × 7 = 6 × 35 = 210

What is a prime number? Definition, examples

What is a composite number? Definition, examples

The prime numbers up to 1,000

The prime numbers up to 10,000

The Sieve of Eratosthenes

The Euclidean Algorithm

Completely reduce (simplify) fractions to the lowest terms: Steps and Examples