The GCF can be equal to the smaller number if the smaller number is a factor of the larger one. The GCF can be equal to both numbers if they are the same number. The GCF of 10 and 10 is 10.
Wiki User
∙ 2013-03-30 03:29:50Yes, the greatest common factor is less than or equal to the smallest coefficient. For example, the greatest common factor of 38 and 8 is 2.
-64 and -9 are a factor pair of 576 that add up to -73
The abbreviation "GCF" means Greatest Common Factor. A GCF is the highest number that can be multiplied that two numbers have in common. An example is that the number 4 is the GCF of 8 and 12. That means when you are comparing the numbers 8 and 12, the highest number that they share that can be multiplied to equal either 8 or 12, is 4.
19 is a factor of 57. The fraction 19/57 is equal to 1/3.
Yes. The greatest common factor of 16 and 42 must be a factor of 16. The only rule is that the GCF has to be equal to or less than the lower number. Since 16 is not the GCF of 16 and 42, the GCF has to be lower than 16.
Yes, if that number is a factor of the other.
Only if that number is a factor of the other.
Lots of numbers are NOT common factors. For example, 5, 7, 100...Get the greatest common factor of both numbers. All common factors are factors of this greatest common factor. Note that all of them must needs be less than or equal to the greatest common factor. Any other number is NOT a common factor.
Only when one of the numbers is a factor of the other.
A single number cannot have a greatest common factor because "common" refers to factors that two or more numbers have in common. You have only one number.
Yes, if you're comparing a number to itself.
No. In order for something to be a factor of a number, it has to be less than or equal to the number.
If one number is divisible by another (in this case, 15 is divisible by 5), then the least common multiple is equal to the larger of the numbers (15), and the greatest common factor is equal to the smaller of the numbers (5).If one number is divisible by another (in this case, 15 is divisible by 5), then the least common multiple is equal to the larger of the numbers (15), and the greatest common factor is equal to the smaller of the numbers (5).If one number is divisible by another (in this case, 15 is divisible by 5), then the least common multiple is equal to the larger of the numbers (15), and the greatest common factor is equal to the smaller of the numbers (5).If one number is divisible by another (in this case, 15 is divisible by 5), then the least common multiple is equal to the larger of the numbers (15), and the greatest common factor is equal to the smaller of the numbers (5).
Always equal to or less than the smaller number, yes.
198 is the greatest three-digit even number that has no factor equal to 4.
Yes, the greatest common factor of a pair of numbers can equal one of the numbers if one of the numbers is a factor of the other.
Yes.