Find the least number of five digits which is exactly divisible by each of 32 3660 90 and 144
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We can find the LCM by noting that 32=25, 36=22∗32, 90=32∗2∗5 and 144=12∗12=24∗32. So the LCM is the product of the highest of each of those prime powers, namely 25∗32∗5
which is 1440.
We are now looking for the smallest multiple of that which is greater than 10000.
If you know that 1/7=0.142857 (recurring), then an immediate guess is 7∗1440
which is 10080 and so that’s our answer because any smaller multiple of 1440 will clearly be less than 10000.
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