They can be: 2*27 = 54
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54 = 1 x 54, 2 x 27, 3 x 18, 6 x 9
To find this, you first have to split the numbers into their prime factors: 18 = 2x3x3 54 = 2x3x3x3 The next step is to identify any common prime factors. In this case both numbers have a 2 and two 3s as prime factors. Multiply these together gives you: 2x3x3 = 18 Therefore the HCF of 18 and 54 is 18.
In order to find common factors you need two or more numbers. However, the factors of 54 (at least 2 numbers that can be multiplied evenly, or with no remainder, into 54) are: 1,2,3,6,9,18,27, and 54.
The only two prime numbers that multiply to equal 54 are 3 and 18. Prime numbers are integers greater than 1 that have no divisors other than 1 and themselves. In this case, 3 is a prime number because it is only divisible by 1 and 3, and 18 is not a prime number as it has divisors other than 1 and 18.
1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 27, 54 | 1 x 54, 2 x 27, 3 x 18, 6 x 9