Question: 12 is a multiple of 36?
Answer: The multiples of 12 are 12, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72, 84, 96, 108, 120, 132, 144,… The multiples of 16 are 16, 32, 48, 64, 80, 96, 112, 128, 144, 160,… Hence the common multiples of 12 and 16 are 48, 96, 144,… and their LCM is 48.