Question

find the least number which added to 5 becomes exactly divisible by 16,18 or 24.

Answer 1

Find the lcm of 16,18,24 hope this helps you

Answer 2

Hi.....

We need to find the LCM of 16,18 & 24

LCM(16, 18 and 24) = 144

If we subtract 5 from 144 then we will get the required number

So the number is
144 - 5 = 139

Hope this answer is clear enough to understand and helpful....
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