The greatest common factor (or ) of and is the largest expression that will divide both and with no remainder.
To find the GCF, we list the factors of the coefficients and then identify any variable factors the expressions have in common.
The factors of are
The factors of are
The common factors of and are
The greatest of these common factors is
Now we look at the variable factors. Since has no variable and contains there are no variable factors in common.
Thus, the greatest common factor of and is
What is
To find the GCF, we list the factors of the coefficients and identify any common variable factors in the expressions.
The factors of are
The factors of are
The common factors of and are
The greatest of these common factors is
Now we look at the variable factors. Since has no variable and contains there are no variable factors in common.
Thus,
What is the greatest common factor of $18$ and $24y?$
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a
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$3y$ |
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b
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$2$ |
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c
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$3$ |
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d
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$6$ |
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e
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$2y$ |
$\textrm{GCF}(4x,12)=$
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a
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$4x$ |
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b
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$1$ |
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c
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$2$ |
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d
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$2x$ |
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e
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$4$ |
Find the greatest common factor of the terms and
To find the GCF, we list the factors of the coefficients and identify any common variable factors in the expressions.
The factors of are
The factors of are
The common factors of and are
The greatest of these common factors is
Now we look at the variable factors. Both and contain
Thus, the greatest common factor of and is
Find the greatest common factor of the terms $49y$ and $14y.$
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a
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$7$ |
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b
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$y$ |
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c
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$14y$ |
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d
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$7y$ |
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e
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$1$ |
What is the $\textrm{GCF}$ of $4x$ and $2x?$
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a
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$1$ |
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b
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$x$ |
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c
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$2$ |
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d
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$4$ |
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e
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$2x$ |
Find the of , and
To find the GCF, we list the factors of the coefficients and identify any common variable factors in the expressions.
The factors of are
The factors of are
The factors of are
The common factors of and are
The greatest of these common factors is
Now we look at the variable factors. The expressions and all contain
Thus, the of and is
Find the $\textrm{GCF}$ of $6a$, $12b$ and $30b.$
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a
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$2$ |
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b
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None |
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c
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$6$ |
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d
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$1$ |
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e
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$3$ |
Find the $\textrm{GCF}$ of $6x$, $12x,$ and $30x.$
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a
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$6$ |
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b
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$2x$ |
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c
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$6x$ |
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d
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$x$ |
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e
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$3x$ |