When the members of the set are prime, or relatively prime.
The greatest common factor is a function of two numbers-- it is the greatest factor that the numbers have in common. The concept does not apply to a single number. Now you can use the same number twice and ask what is the greatest common factor of 240 and 240 and the answer would be 240.
The greatest common factor of the numbers 40 and 44 would be 4. This the highest number that will go evenly into both numbers.
That would be 5, same as the least common factor.
That would be 1
850 is not the greatest common factor of 85 and 10. The person answering the question about the numbers with 850 as the greatest common factor was apparently thinking about the factors of 850 itself, not numbers that would have 850 as their greatest common factor. The greatest common factor of 10 and 85 is 5. The least common multiple of 10 and 85 is 170. The product of 10 and 85 is 850.
They would both be prime numbers.
An easy way to find the greatest commmon factor of two odd numbers would be to try dividing them by eachother.
Both 17 and 11 are prime numbers, meaning the only numbers they can be divided by evenly are themselves and 1. This would mean the greatest common factor they share is 1.
To find the greatest common factor of two numbers, you first need to factorise those numbers. In this case: 72=3x3x2x2x2 91=7x13 The next step would be to find any common factors. As there are none, this means that the greatest common factor of 72 and 91 is 1.
Because the numbers being asked about are consecutive even numbers.
One solution would be to list the factors of the two numbers and find all the common factors. The greatest one would be the greatest common factor.
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