calculate lcm of 4 and 6 — step-by-step solution

Let's evaluate:

ppcm (4, 6)

Let's decompose:

4

into prime factors:

2 \times 2

2^{2}

Let's decompose:

6

into prime factors:

2 \times 3

To obtain the LCM, we keep all the prime factors with the greatest exponent: 2^2*3

2^{2} \times 3

4 \times 3

▷Answer: $12$