common multiple
English
Noun
common multiple (plural common multiples)
- (mathematics) A number which may be divided by any of a given set of numbers without a remainder.
- 120 and all its multiples are common multiples of 60, 8 and 15.
Related terms
Translations
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See also
- common divisor
References
- “common multiple”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
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