Problems on H.C.F and L.C.M
A room is 6 meters 24 centimeters in length and 4 meters 32 centimeters in width. Find the least number of square tiles of equal size required to cover the entire floor of the room?
The least number which when divided by 4,5,6,8 and 10 is the LCM of these numbers. But each time to get 3 as remainder, we have to add the remainder 3 to the obtained LCM.LCM of (4, 5, 6, 8, 10)+ 3=120+3=123