greatest common factors
Numbers dividing all terms
Greatest common factors is the plural of greatest common factor, the largest number that divides evenly into two or more numbers.
The greatest common factor of 12 and 18 is 6.
Also called greatest common divisor.
The concept extends to algebra, where expressions share common factors: Find the greatest common factors of these polynomial pairs.
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- integersNumbers without fractional components
- whole numbersNumbers without fractions
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