GCF/LCM/Prime Factorization/Plus Old Material

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What is the GCF (Greatest Common Factor)?

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The GCF of two or more numbers is the largest number that divides all of them without leaving a remainder.

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How do you find the GCF of two numbers?

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1. List the factors of each number. 2. Identify the common factors. 3. The largest of these common factors is the GCF.

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What is the LCM (Least Common Multiple)?

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The LCM of two or more numbers is the smallest number that is a multiple of all of them.

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How do you find the LCM of two numbers?

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1. List the multiples of each number. 2. Identify the common multiples. 3. The smallest of these common multiples is the LCM.

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What is prime factorization?

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Prime factorization is expressing a number as the product of its prime factors.

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How do you perform prime factorization?

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1. Divide the number by the smallest prime number. 2. Continue dividing until you reach 1. 3. The prime numbers used are the prime factors.

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What are the factors of 24?

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The factors of 24 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, and 24.

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What is the relationship between GCF and LCM?

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The product of the GCF and LCM of two numbers is equal to the product of the numbers themselves.

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What is a factor?

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A factor is a whole number that can be divided evenly into another number.

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What is a multiple?

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A multiple of a number is the product of that number and an integer.