What is the greastest common factor of 5 and 12?

Answer 1

Answer: Infinity or there is none.

One common multiple of 5 and 12 is 60. If I double it, which is 120, I have a larger common multiple. If I double it again, which is 240, I have an even larger common multiple. I can continue doubling it forever, so there is no greatest common multiple, or it can be said to be infinite.

Answer 2

There is really so such thing as a "greatest common multiple." Once you find the least common multiple of a set of numbers, you can keep adding the LCM to itself over and over again. Each new number you get will be a common multiple of your set of numbers, but each new number will always be larger than the previous. This means that you can keep adding while the number approaches infinity and you will still never find a greatest multiple.

The first few common multiples of 8 and 12 are: 24, 48, 72, 96, and 120
The greatest common multiple of any set of integers is infinite.

Answer 3

The greatest common multiple of any set of integers is infinite.

Answer 4

The greatest common multiple is an infinite amount and not very practical for problem solving.

Answer 5

The greatest common multiple of any set of integers is infinite.

Answer 6

The GCF is 1.

Answer 7

60

Answer 8

3

Answer 9

no it is 18