What is the greatest common factor of 42 and 14?

Answer 1

The greatest common factor of 14 and 42 is 14.

Finding GCF:

14 = 2 x 7

42 = 2 x 3 x 7

Common factors are 2 and 7, so the GCF is 14.

*Whenever one number is a multiple of the other (here, 14 x 3 =42), the smaller number itself is always the GCF.
The greatest common factor (GCF) is often also called the greatest common divisor (GCD) or highest common factor (HCF). Keep in mind that these different terms all refer to the same thing: the largest integer which evenly divides two or more numbers.

The greatest common factor of 14 and 42 is 14.
Since 14 divides into 42 exactly - the GCF is 14 !
The GCF is 14.

Answer 2

14

Answer 3

1