This question is taken Project Euler. Link.
The question states:
2520 is the smallest number that can be divided by each of the numbers from 1 to 10 without any remainder.
What is the smallest positive number that is evenly divisible by all of the numbers from 1 to 20?
The logic behind this program is quite simple. The LCM(Least Common Multiple) of numbers from 1-20 give us the required answer.
We initialize the variable ‘num’ to 1 and i=2. We haven’t kept i=1 because finding LCM(1,1) is unnecessary and not required. So we start with num=LCM(num,i). The while loop keeps executing till i reaches its limit, which is 20 in this case.
For the logic behind the LCM function, please check this program. Link.
Code:
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//Java program to find the smallest number divisible by each of the numbers 1 to n. //This program was made at www.mycoding.net. public class Test { public static long LCM(long a,long b) //Function to find LCM { long num1=a,num2=b; while(a!=b) { if(a<b) { a+=num1; } else { b+=num2; } } return a; } public static void main(String[] args) { long num = 1; int limit = 20; //This is the limit, you can change it to whatever you want. int i=2; //Initializing i to 2 System.out.println("This program will find out the least number which is divisible by all numbers from 1 to "+limit); while(i<=limit) //While loop executes till i reaches the limit. { num=LCM(num,i); //Calling LCM function to calculate the LCM of the current'num' and 'i' i++; //Incrementing i } System.out.println("The answer is: "+num); //Prints the final answer. }//End of main }//End of class Test |
Output:
The answer is: 232792560
Tested in Eclipse.