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What is the greatest ccommon factor for 160 240 200?
To find the GCF of any set of numbers. Divide the numbers by their prime number factors, and see which is common to each number in the set. Hence 160,240 & 200. 160 = 2x2x2x2'x2'x5 200 = 2x2x2x5'x5 240 = 2x2x2x2'x3'x5 So each number has 2x2x2x5 (common to all three numbers) 2x2x2x5 = 40 The GCF. NB THe other factors are discrete to the given number. So for 200 the second '5' is discrete to 200 and so is not common to all the other numbers. I have written the discrete numbers as (2') etc.,
What is a common prime factor?
All numbers have factors. Some factors are prime numbers. A prime factor is a factor that is a prime number. A common prime factor is a prime factor that appears on the list of factors of two or more given numbers.
Is a factor a prime number?
A factor can or cannot be a prime number Ex: 2 is the factor of all other even numbers its a prime number but 9 is a factor of 18 and its not a prime number A prime is a factor but a factor being a prime number varies
What is a composite factor?
A composite factor is a factor that is a composite number, as opposed to a prime factor which is a factor that is a prime number.
Is 12 a prime factor?
12 is a composite number, not a prime factor.
