CHAPTER 2

FACTORS
AND
MULTIPLES
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2.1 : FACTORS, PRIME FACTORS AND HIGHEST COMMON FACTORS (HCF)

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 BASED ON THE IMAGE ABOVE, IT IS PROVEN THAT HCF CAN BE FOUND
THROUGH THE METHOD OF REPEATED DIVISION AND PRIME FACTORISATION

SIDE NOTES
 FACTORS OF A NUMBER ARE WHOLE NUMBERS THAT CAN DIVIDE THE
NUMBER COMPLETELY [ NO DECIMALS ]
 SAY YOU WANT TO FIND THE FACTOR OF 6
 6 DIVIDED BY 3 = 2
 2 IS A WHOLE NUMBER
 THEREFORE, 3 IS A FACTOR OF 6
 HOWEVER, 6 DIVIDED BY 5 IS 1.2
 1.2 IS NOT A WHOLE NUMBER
 THEREFORE, 5 IS NOT A FACTOR OF 6

 PRIME FACTORS ARE FACTORS MADE OF PRIME NUMBERS

 EXAMPLE : 2 AND 5
 COMMON FACTORS ARE FACTORS THAT ARE SHARED BETWEEN TWO
NUMBERS
 SAY YOU WANT TO FIND THE COMMON FACTOR OF 6 AND 12
 LIST DOWN THE MULTIPLES OF 6 AND 12
 CIRCLE THE SIMILAR NUMBERS [12, 24…]
 THEREFORE, 12 AND 24 IS THE COMMON FACTOR OF 6 AND 12
 COMMON FACTORS CAN ALSO BE FOUND THROUGH THE METHOD OF
REPEATED DIVISION [ AS SHOWN ABOVE ] AND PRIME FACTORISATION
 HIGHEST COMMON FACTORS ARE COMMON FACTORS WITH THE BIGGEST
VALUE
 IT CAN BE FOUND THROUGH THE METHOD OF REPEATED DIVISION [AS SHOWN
ABOVE ] AND PRIME FACTORISATION

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2.2 : MULTIPLES, COMMON MULTIPLES AND LOWEST COMMON MULTIPLES (LCM)

COMMON MULTIPLES

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LOWEST COMMON MULTIPLES (LCM)

BOTH COMMON MULTIPLES AND LOWEST COMMON MULTIPLES

(LCM) CAN BE FOUND THROUGH THE METHOD OF REPEATED
DIVISION, PRIME FACTORISATION AND BY LISTING THE MULTIPLES
OF BOTH NUMBERS [AS SHOWN ABOVE]

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