even
It is NEVER even. Because no even number can be a factor of the odd number.
It CAN'T be even, since the number 2 is not a factor of the odd number. "Even" means that a number is a multiple of 2.
Assuming the second even number is equal to 4 or greater, than the highest common factor of the two numbers is equal to an even number 2 or greater. Why can't an odd factor be used? Any odd factor must be multiplied by (at least) 2 to create an even product (ie. the 1st even number). That same odd factor must be multiplied by (at least 2) and any other number to create a 2nd even product, thereby making the Greatest Common Factor (at least) 2 times the odd number....which is an even number.
Even numbers must have 2 amongst their factors; they may have other even numbers amongst their factors. Odd numbers must not; every factor of an odd number must be odd.
No.
2 cannot be a factor of an odd number, 2 must be a factor of an even number.
No. Odd numbers don't have even factors.
Even
An odd factor is a number that cannot be divided by 2. if it can be divided by 2 it is an even factor or even number.
No. Odd numbers only have odd factors. They could not have an even factor in common.
Every integer number has an odd factor unless it doesn't, i.e. unless it only has even factors. An even factor can have an odd factor, unless it has only factors 2 (since it is the only even prime).So, a number has an odd factor if it is unequal to a power of 2.Note that 0 is not a power of 2 and has all odd factors . . .
All even numbers have 2 as a factor, but no odd numbers do. The only even number that will appear as a factor in prime factorizations is 2, because it is the only even prime number. Thus, an odd number will not have even numbers in its prime factorization because an odd number is not evenly divisible by 2. The only even numbers that could appear in the exponential form are the exponents. For example 81 is 34. The factor is an odd number - 3, while the exponent is an even number - 4.
even
No, always odd.
The GCF of an odd and an even number must be odd since odd numbers do not have any even factors.
No, always odd.