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finding the lowest common denominator

Postby yammi777 on Wed Mar 14, 2012 8:13 pm

how do I find the lowest common denominator when working with fractions.particularly when I am multiplying
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Re: finding the lowest common denominator  TOPIC_SOLVED

Postby maggiemagnet on Wed Mar 14, 2012 11:11 pm

yammi777 wrote:how do I find the lowest common denominator when working with fractions.particularly when I am multiplying

You find the Least Common Multiple! You can see how in this lesson.
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