What is the greatest common factor of 35 and 90?

Answer 1

The GCF of 35 and 90 is 5.

A factor is a divisor - a number that will evenly divide into another number. The greatest common factor of two or more numbers is the largest factor that both numbers have in common.

One way to determine the common factors and greatest common factor is to find all the factors of the numbers and compare them.

The factors of 35 are 1, 5, 7, and 35.

The factors of 90 are 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 15, 18, 30, 45, and 90.

The common factors are 1 and 5. Therefore, the greatest common factor is 5.