Find Greatest Common Factor
Examples, videos, worksheets, and solutions to help Grade 6 students learn how to find the greatest common factor using prime factorization and factor trees.
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How to find the greatest common factor by using factor trees?
The greatest common factor is the biggest number that divides evenly into each number in a given set of numbers.
Find the prime factorization of a number and use that to find the greatest common factor between two or three numbers.
Examples:
- Find the greatest common factor of 12 and 8.
- Find the greatest common factor of 18 and 21.
- Find the greatest common factor of 24, 32 and 40.
Greatest common factor using prime factorization or factor trees
Example:
Find the GCF of 18, 20 and 6.
Three examples of how to find the greatest common factor of a set of terms using the factor tree
Example:
Find the Greatest Common Factor of the following numbers.
- 24, 36, 60
- 28x2, 424, 49x3
- 24a4b2, 60a3b, 144a3b3
How to find the greatest common factor (GCF) using factor trees and exponents?
Example:
Find the GCF of 60, 18 and 28.
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