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The exponent tells how many times the base is used as a factor.
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Is a common factor a number that goes into another number without having any remainders?
No, that's just a factor. A common factor is when that factor is also a factor of another number.
If your finding the Greatest Common Factor of 2 given numbers and the smallest number is a factor of a larger number then what must the Greatest Common Factor be?
the smaller number
What is the greatest common factor of 30 and 6?
The greatest common factor (GCF) refers to a factor that is COMMON to two or more numbers. You have only one number in the question! The greatest factor of any number is itself.
What is the greatest common factor of 70 and 60?
The greatest common factor of 60 and 70 is 10
What is the greatest common factor for 182?
There is no Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for a single number. The Greatest Common Factor (GCF) is the largest factor common to two or more given numbers.
What is the number that is a common factor in a power?
the base
In a power the number that is the common factor?
The base
What number is used as a factor in a power?
A base number is used as a factor in a power.
What one number has the greatest common factor of 871?
Answer: None, it is impossible. No single number has a greatest common factor. A "common factor" is a factor that two or more numbers have in common. The "greatest common factor" is the largest factor that two or more numbers have in common.
What is the factor of the 3xto the third power minus 24y to the third power?
The only common factor of those two terms is the number three, giving you: 3(x3 - 8y3)
Is a common factor a number that goes into another number without having any remainders?
No, that's just a factor. A common factor is when that factor is also a factor of another number.
What is the highest common factor of 119?
The highest common factor of any quantity of numbers in excess of 2 is the largest number which is a factor of both. A single number cannot have a common factor, as it has no other number to have a factor in common with. However, 119 factorises as:1,7,17,119
What do you call a number used as a common factor?
It is called a common factor!
24 is the greatest common factor of what number?
24 is not the greatest common factor of any single number. Common factors are the factors that two or more numbers have in common. The greatest common factor is the largest factor that two or more numbers have in common. There cannot be any common factors or a greatest common factor of a single number. There must be at least two number for common factors and a greatest common factor. Example: The greatest common factor of 24 and 48 is 24. The greatest common factor of 60 and 144 is 24. The greatest common factor of 240 and 264 is 24.
Greatest common factor of 12?
"Common" means "same for both". There's no such thing as a "common" factor of only one number. There has to be two or more of them, then a "common" factor is a number that's a factor of all of them.
What would example of a common factor be?
Any number can be a common factor. 3 is a common factor of 9 and 12.
What is the greatest common factor of number 15?
You need a second number to have a highest common factor or it is infinite
