The greatest common factor of 42 and 45 is 3.
Method 1: Listing Factors List all the factors of both numbers and the highest factor that is the same is the greatest common factor.
Factors of 42: 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 14, 21
Factors of 45: 1, 3, 5, 9, 15
The greatest common factor is 3.
Method 2: Prime Factorization
Find the prime factorization of each number. The prime numbers that the numbers all share multiply to the great common factor.
42=2*3*7
45=3*3*5
42 and 45 share one 3. Therefore, the greatest common factor is 3.
The GCF is 1.
Since 44 is a factor of 132, it is automatically the GCF.
The GCF is: 5
The GCF of 3 and 45 is 3.Since 3 is a factor of 45, it is automatically the GCF.
The GCF is 4.
The GCF is 1.
The GCF is 13.
The GCF is 2.
The GCF is 4.
The GCF of 44 and 88 is 44. Since 44 is a factor of 88, it is automatically the GCF.
The GCF is 1.
GCF(72, 44) = 4.
The GCF is 4.
The GCF is 44.
The GCF is 2.
The GCF is 1.
The GCF is 45.