What is the least common multiple of 16 and 24?

The least common multiple of 24 and 16 is 48.

One way to find LCM is to do the prime factorization and then take the biggest prime factor that appears in each number.

16 = 2^4

24 = 2^3 x 3

So the LCM is 2^4 x 3 = 16 x 3 = 48
48