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OpenStudy (anonymous):

WHAT IS GCF AND LCM PLEASE HELP WILL FAN AND MEDAL

OpenStudy (anonymous):

GCF= greatest common factor LCM=least common multiple

OpenStudy (hari5719):

greatest common factor and lowest common factor

OpenStudy (ilovewolf):

Are you trying to fins out what GCF and LCM mean? If you are then... GCF mean Greatest Common Factor and LCM mean Least Common Multiple ^_^

OpenStudy (anonymous):

GCF = Greatest Common Factor LCM = Least Common multiple Good link on it here http://www.purplemath.com/modules/lcm_gcf.htm and GCF https://www.mathsisfun.com/definitions/greatest-common-factor.html LCM https://www.mathsisfun.com/definitions/least-common-multiple.html

OpenStudy (anonymous):

can someone shoe me an example out of these numbers

OpenStudy (anonymous):

WHAT IS GCF AND LCM PLEASE HELP WILL FAN AND MEDAL

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@hari5719 LCM = Least Common Multiple but it is the lowest common Factor

OpenStudy (anonymous):

What is the greatest common factor (GCF) of 72 and 96? A. 9 B. 8 C. 12 D. 24

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i know i mean how do u do it can someone show me with these numbers

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Well, you would need a multiplication table. And to find the greatest common factor of these two numbers, you would need to look at what factors these two have in common. If you don't know what a factor is here is an example. 2 x 5. The factors are 2 and 5. So i hoped that helped.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

anyone

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Um... @trinajoy dont you see my answer?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oh sorry it was stuck on loading screen

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok

OpenStudy (anonymous):

2 and 5 I can only choose one answer wait wait wait u are in k12

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yes

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Oh! i just now so the answers it's D. 24.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ya can u show me the way u did it

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@k12andstudyislandhelp

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oh, sorry for the pause, open study refused to work. So @trinajoy all i did was divide the biggest number there and see if they could be divided into those numbers. (meaning when i divided it was a integer (a integer is a whole number like 1) not a number like 1.2000990.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oh ok i have the same thing to

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