It is: 6
252 is the LCM
The greatest common factor of 42 depends upon the other numbers with which 42 has COMMON factors. However, the greatest common factor HAS to be one of the factors of 42 which are: 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 14, 21, 42.
2 (It will equal 36 though)
2 x 3 x 3 x 7 = 126 2 x 2 x 3 x 7 x 7 = 588 2 x 3 x 7 = 42 42 is the largest (greatest) number that can go into both (common) numbers equally.
Numbers that can go into 42 are 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 14, 21, and 42.
The greatest common factor is the highest number that divides exactly into two or more numbers.42: 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 14, 21, 4298: 1, 2, 7, 14, 49, 98The GCF of 42 and 98 is 14.If you're not a good guesser the best way to go about doing this is to list all the factors of each number, like so:42-- 98--1 12 23 76 147142142Well, I did not list all the factors of 98, but I know that since 98 is not divisible by 21 or 42 that the greatest common factor is 14.Answer: 14
The only whole number that can go in both 5 and 42 is 1 since these numbers are co-prime.
The GCF is 42.
No 36 / 8 = 4.5 (Not a whole number, therefore 8 does not go into 36)
42
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