standard_description: Identify when two expressions are equivalent (i.e., when the two expressions name the same number regardless of which value is substituted into them). For example, the expressions y + y + y and 3y are equivalent because they name the same number regardless of which number y stands for.
problem_activity: Task
List all the multiples of 8 that are less than or equal to 100.
List all the multiples of 12 that are less than or equal to 100.
What are the common multiples of 8 and 12 from the two lists?
What is the least common multiple of 8 and 12?
Lyle noticed that the list of common multiples has a pattern. Describe a pattern in the list of numbers that Lyle might have seen.


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