Perhaps the C in both means confusion! To eliminate the confusion let's look at some of the reasons for this confusion. Both LCM and GCF have a lot in common. When there are many similarities, it is difficult to see the differences. Both the LCM and GCF are used when studying fractions, a scary topic in and of itself, and both have the word "common" in them when the acronym is read as words. The most confusing part, however, is when looking for the factors, which is a smaller number, we say the word, "greatest" first! When looking for the multiples, which will be a larger number, we say the word, "least" first! I teach my students to say, "Factor, Greatest common factor!" as well as, "Multiple, Least common multiple!" I hope this helped someone! email me: pshaffer@bethsd.org Mrs. Pam Shaffer "Hop2Math"
The GCF is 4.
The LCM is 11592. The GCF is 2.
The GCF refers to whole numbers, not decimals.
The LCM is 1260. The GCF is 12.
The LCM is their product. The GCF is 1.
The GCF is 12. The LCM is 360.
The GCF is 4.
The GCF is 68, the LCM is 68
GCF is 2.LCM is 42.The GCF is 2.
The LCM is 11592. The GCF is 2.
The GCF and LCM of 24 and 42 are 6 and 168 respectively.
The GCF refers to whole numbers, not decimals.
The GCF is: 16The LCM is: 640The LCM is: 640
Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 72 168 is 24.Least Common Multiple (LCM) for 72 168 is 504.
The GCF is 15. The LCM is 450.
The GCF is 3. The LCM is 99.
The GCF is 15. The LCM is 990.