Least Common Multiple, Deprecated
6 and 8 propose their multiples like meeting times until both land on 24, renaming the LCM 'the first number where their calendars sync.'
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2024-01-01-least-common-multiple-deprecated/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
[DEPRECATED: "least common multiple"] 6: "How about 12?" 8: "Nope. 16?" 6: "Nuh-uh. 18?" 8: "No." 6: "24?" 8: "24?" 6: "Perfect!" 8: "See you then!"
[NOW USE: "first number where they could get their calendars to sync"]