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Factor & Multiple Reasoning — Always, Sometimes, or Never?

Check always, sometimes, or never for each statement. Then justify it: give an example, and if you chose “sometimes,” also give a counterexample.

Example

The least common multiple of two numbers equals the two numbers multiplied together.

AlwaysSometimesNever

True only when the numbers share no common factor: LCM(4, 5) = 20. But LCM(4, 6) = 12, not 24.

  1. 1.

    The least common multiple of two numbers is a multiple of both of them.

    AlwaysSometimesNever
  2. 2.

    The least common multiple of two numbers is greater than both of the numbers.

    AlwaysSometimesNever
  3. 3.

    A prime number and its double are both prime.

    AlwaysSometimesNever
  4. 4.

    Two consecutive whole numbers can both be prime.

    AlwaysSometimesNever
  5. 5.

    If two numbers are both factors of a number, then their product is also a factor of that number.

    AlwaysSometimesNever