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2.6 Greatest Common Factor
2.7 Lowest Common Multiple
MA THPOWERTM Seven, pp. 64-67
The largest factor that two or more numbers
have in common is called the greatest
common factor (GCF) .
12: 1,2,3,4, W' 12
30: I, 2, 3, 5, [1], 10, 15, 30
The GCF of 12and 30 is 6.
The lowest common multiple (LCM) of aset
of numbers is the smallest number that is a
multiple of each number in the set.
4: 4, 8, L g J , 16, 20, 24, 28, .
6: 6, IUl, 18, 24, 30, 36, .
The LCM of 4 and 6is 12.
1. Write all the factors for each number,
then state the GCF for each set of numbers.
a) 20
48
60
GCF:
b)32
40
56
GCF:
List all the common factors for each pair of
numbers. Then, circle the GCF.
2 . 8,24
3. 36,24
4. 11,77
Write the GCF for each set of numbers.
5. 26, 39, 65, 78 6. 14, 22, 28, 70
7. Three groups contain 184, 232, and
272people. Each group is to be divided into
teams 50 that all teams contain the same
number of people and every person is on a
team. What is the largest number less than
10 that can be on ateam?
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8. Write the first 10 multiples for each
number, then state the LCM for each pair of
numbers.
a) 2
3
LCM:
b)8
6
LCM:
c) 4
10
LCM:
Write the LCM for each pair of numbers.
9. 6,7
11.15,5
10. 3,7
12. 6, 11 _
Find the LCM for each pair of prime numbers.
13.5,7
15. 13,3 _
14. 17,5 _
16. 3, 23 _
Write the LCM for the following.
17. 2,4, 5 18. 2, 5, 8
19. 7, 3, 8 20. 12, 3, 10 _
21. In music class, the students were asked
to clap their hands on every third beat and
stamp their feet on every fifth beat. On
which beat did they first have to do both?
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