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answersplease
Dec 3, 2007, 02:13 PM
What is the smallest counting number that is divisible by the first ten composite numbers?:eek:

galactus
Dec 3, 2007, 03:52 PM
The first 10 composite numbers are: 4,6,8,9,10,12,14,15,16,18.

What is the LCM of these numbers?

I believe it's 5040? 5040 divides all of the above.

3^{2}\cdot{2^{4}\cdot{7}\cdot{5}=5040