Finding the Least Common Multiple you find the smallest number that both numbers will go into.Finding the Greatest Common Factor, you find the largest number that will go into both numbers evenly.
The smallest of the two numbers could be 850.
45 and 45
I think "smallest greatest" is my new favorite oxymoron. If the GCF of two numbers is 850, the smallest those two numbers could be is 850 and 850. If they need to be different, the smallest they could be is 850 and 1700.
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Finding the Least Common Multiple you find the smallest number that both numbers will go into.Finding the Greatest Common Factor, you find the largest number that will go into both numbers evenly.
The smallest of the two numbers could be 850.
The greatest common factor, or GCF, is the largest positive integer that will divide evenly with no remainder into all the members of a given set of numbers. The least common multiple, or LCM, is the smallest positive integer that all the members of a given set of numbers will divide into evenly with no remainder. Factors go into numbers, numbers go into multiples.
Yes, the greatest common factor is less than or equal to the smallest coefficient. For example, the greatest common factor of 38 and 8 is 2.
By finding the factors in both numbers and then finding the one that is greatest in common. For example the G.C.F for 45 and 36 is 9.
479 and 479
45 and 45
I think "smallest greatest" is my new favorite oxymoron. If the GCF of two numbers is 850, the smallest those two numbers could be is 850 and 850. If they need to be different, the smallest they could be is 850 and 1700.
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No, the greatest common factor is never greater than the smallest number. The greatest common factor is the largest integer that divides evenly into all of the numbers listed.