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A common factor is an integer that divides evenly into two or more given numbers with no remainder.

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Why is there no Least Common factor if there is Greatest Common Factor?

The least common factor is always one (1), regardless of what the greatest common factor is.


What one number has the greatest common factor of 871?

Answer: None, it is impossible. No single number has a greatest common factor. A "common factor" is a factor that two or more numbers have in common. The "greatest common factor" is the largest factor that two or more numbers have in common.


What are the common factors and greatest common factor of 125?

There cannot be a greatest common factor if there are not at least two numbers to compare. The greatest common factor is the largest factor that all the numbers have in common - the largest factor that they all share.


24 is the greatest common factor of what number?

24 is not the greatest common factor of any single number. Common factors are the factors that two or more numbers have in common. The greatest common factor is the largest factor that two or more numbers have in common. There cannot be any common factors or a greatest common factor of a single number. There must be at least two number for common factors and a greatest common factor. Example: The greatest common factor of 24 and 48 is 24. The greatest common factor of 60 and 144 is 24. The greatest common factor of 240 and 264 is 24.


What is the least common factor of 48 and 116?

The least common factor is the smallest factor that two or more numbers have in common. Thus, the least common factor of two numbers is 1. The least common factor of 48 and 116 is 1.

Related questions

What do you call a number used as a common factor?

It is called a common factor!


How do you call the greatest common factor of the common prime factors?

GCF


What do you call the greatest of the common factors?

It is called the greatest common factor - not surprisingly!


How do you call a number that divides two or more numbers evenly?

A common factor.


What do you call the form of a fraction in which the only common factor of the numerator and denominator is 1?

A fraction in simplest form is one in which the only common factor of the numerator and denominator is 1.


What do you call a fraction in which the only common factor of the numerator and denominator is 1?

simplest form


What do you call it when the nemerator and denominator have only one as their common factor?

The fraction is in its simplest form.


What is the least common factor of 8 12 21?

The least common factor of any set of numbers is 1.By definition, 1 is a factor of all numbers. And you cannot have a factor that is less than one so it is the least.In this case 1, is also the greatest common factor since the numbers have no other common factors. We call these numbers relatively prime.


IS 180 and 231 relatively prime?

No, they have the common factor 3.No, they have the common factor 3.No, they have the common factor 3.No, they have the common factor 3.


Are 49 and 105 relatively prime?

No, they have the common factor 7.No, they have the common factor 7.No, they have the common factor 7.No, they have the common factor 7.


Why is there no Least Common factor if there is Greatest Common Factor?

The least common factor is always one (1), regardless of what the greatest common factor is.


What is the greatest common factor of 1262?

1262 has no common factor because there is no common factor for a single number. The Greatest Common Factor (GCF) is the largest factor common to two or more numbers.