GCF/LCM/Distributive Property

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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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List the factors of each number and identify the largest factor that they have in common.

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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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List the multiples of each number and identify the smallest multiple that they have in common.

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What are factors?

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Factors are numbers that can be multiplied together to get another number.

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CCSS.4.OA.B.4

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What are multiples?

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Multiples of a number are the result of multiplying that number by integers (e.g., 1, 2, 3, ...).

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What is the Distributive Property?

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The Distributive Property states that a(b + c) = ab + ac.

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CCSS.6.EE.A.3

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Give an example of the Distributive Property.

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For example, 3(4 + 5) = 3*4 + 3*5 = 12 + 15 = 27.

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CCSS.3.OA.B.5

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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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Find the GCF of 24 and 36.

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The GCF is 12.