What does greatest common factor means?

Answer 1

It is the lowest common number between to initila numbers.

Ex.: GCF of 2,3 & 4 is 12

2: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14,16, 20...

3: 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21...

4: 4, 8, 12, 16, 20...

Answer 2

All numbers have factors. Some numbers have some of the same factors as other numbers. These are known as common factors. The largest of these is the greatest common factor, or GCF.

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.

Answer 3

All numbers have factors. Some numbers have some of the same factors as other numbers. We call these common factors. The largest of these is known as the greatest common factor, or GCF.

Answer 4

It is a factor of each of the numbers and it is the greatest number that has that property.

Answer 5

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.

Answer 6

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.

Answer 7

Given a set of integers, the greatest common factor is the largest positive integer which divides each element of the set evenly.