GCF

Do you have any idea about the Greatest

Common Factor (GCF)?

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Factors
Common Factors
Greatest Common Factors
GCF
Terminologies:

◦ Factors are numbers we can multiply together to get

another number.
◦ Common Factor are numbers that can be found on the
both list.
◦ Greatest Common Factor is the highest/largest/greatest
number that divides exactly into two or more numbers.

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 Factors
Common Factors
Greatest Common Factors
GCF
Factors:

1 x 18 = 18 or
2 x 9 = 18 or
3 x 6 = 18
⮚1, 2, 3, 6, 9, and 18 are factors of 18.

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Remember:

◦Numbers may have many factors

including itself.
◦In getting the factors we can use the
listing form or prime factorization.

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Listing form:

◦ Factors of 18:
1 x 18 = 18 or
2 x 9 = 18 or
3 x 6 = 18

◦ 18: 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18
Note: When we list for GCF, if there are two entries, we just copy it once.

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Prime factorization form:
◦

Remember:
We get the prime
factorization
through the
method of Factor
Tree or
Continuous
Division

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 USE PRIME
FACTORIZATION
INSTEAD OF LISTING.
Easy, and
Same format of answer.

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QUESTIONS?
GCF
TRY THIS: GIVE THE FACTOR OF
THE FOLLOWING.

32
25
20
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 Factors

Common Factors
Greatest Common Factors
GCF
Common Factor:
◦ When two or more numbers share a factor.
Using prime factorization:
Factors of 12 and 16:
◦ Factors of 12: 2 x 2 x 3
◦ Factors of 16: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2

Remember: Always arrange the factors in ascending order and put a column for every
same number.

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Common Factor:
Factors of 12 and 16:
◦ Factors of 12: 2 x 2 x3
◦ Factors of 16: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2
◦ Common Factor of 12 and 16 are: 2 x 2
Note: Copy only the factors that is present on both list.

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 Factors

Common Factors

Greatest Common Factors GCF

Greatest Common
Factor or GCF:
Factors of 12 and 16:

◦ Factors of 12: 2 x 2 x3
◦ Factors of 16: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2

Common Factor 12 and 16: 2 x 2

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Greatest Common
Factor or GCF:
Factors of 12 and 16:

◦ Factors of 12: 2 x 2 x3
◦ Factors of 16: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2
The product of the common factor is
12 and 16: 2 x 2 = 4
what we call the GCF.
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Another example:

◦ Factors of 8, 24, and 28

◦ Factors of 8: 2 x 2 x 2
◦ Factors of 24: 2 x 2 x 2 x 3
◦ Factors of 28: 2 x 2 x 7

Remember: Always arrange the factors in ascending order and put a column for every same
number.

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Another example:

◦ Factors of 8, 24, and 28

◦ Factors of 8: 2 x 2 x 2
◦ Factors of 24: 2 xc 2 x 2 x 3
◦ Factors of 28: 2 x 2 x7

⮚Common Factor of 8, 24, and 28: 2 x 2 = 4

⮚The Greatest Common Factor of 8, 24 and 28 is 4.
Note: Multiplying the common factor to get the Greatest Common Factor.

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QUESTIONS?
GCF
TRY THIS: GIVE THE COMMON FACTOR
AND THE GREATEST COMMON FACTOR
OF THE FOLLOWING.

9, 30
20,
10, 28
16, 32

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 USE and
PURPOSE
The use of Greatest Common Factor:

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The use of Greatest Common Factor:

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Do you understand the Greatest Common
Factor (GCF)?

5 4 3 2 1 GCF
 “We as humans, have one common
factor, and that is LOVE. Regardless
of our nationality and etc., we all
have heart who LOVES.
 Solving word
problems involving
Common Factors
and
Greatest Common
Factor
(GCF) GCF
By: T. Afat Silva
What are the things you know about solving word
problems involving the Greatest Common Factor (GCF)?

5 4 3 2 1 GCF
How to determine if we
will use the GCF?
Involves grouping, splitting, dividing
EQUALLY, sharing, or we can see words
with“no left-overs” or “greatest/largest”,
“factors”.
WORD PROBLEM:
1. Rosie and Mark are twins and today is their birthday. Rosie
has brought 24 gummy bears to share in class and Mark
has brought 18 candy bars. If they want to share their
candy with their friends in such a way that all their friends
have the same amount of each type of candy, how many
friends could they give candy to?
WORD PROBLEM:
1. Rosie and Mark are twins and today is their birthday. Rosie
has brought 24 gummy bears to share in class and Mark
has brought 18 candy bars. If they want to share their
candy with their friends in such a way that all their friends
have the same amount of each type of candy, how many
friends could they give candy to?
WORD PROBLEM:
24: 2 x 2 x 2 x 3
18: 2 x3x3

Common Factor: 2 x 3= 6
GCF: 6

They can share it to their 6 friends. (4 Gummy Bears Each

and 3 candy bars)
WORD PROBLEM:
2. Andy has two ropes. One is 120 feet long,
and the other one is 96 feet long. He
wants to cut them in such a way that all
the pieces are equal, but as long as
possible. How many pieces of rope will he
get?
WORD PROBLEM:
2. Andy has two ropes. One is 120 feet long,
and the other one is 96 feet long. He
wants to cut them in such a way that all
the pieces are equal, but as long as
possible. How many pieces of rope will he
get?
WORD PROBLEM:
120: 2 x 2 x 2 x3x5
96: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3

Common Factor: 2 x 2 x 2 x 3= 24
GCF: 24

They can cut it per 24 feet. (5 pcs for 120 feet and 4 pcs for
96, total of 9 pcs)
TRY THIS!
WORD PROBLEM:
3. A shop buys USB flash drives of different colors
wholesale. For Christmas, they made a special order
of 84 red flash drives, 196 blue ones, and 252 green
ones. To help them store the merchandise neatly,
they asked that the flash drives be sent in equal
boxes, without mixing any colors. If the order is sent
in the way the shop requested, how many flash drives
will there be in each box, and how many boxes of
each color will there be?
WORD PROBLEM:
3. A shop buys USB flash drives of different colors
wholesale. For Christmas, they made a special order
of 84 red flash drives, 196 blue ones, and 252 green
ones. To help them store the merchandise neatly,
they asked that the flash drives be sent in equal
boxes, without mixing any colors. If the order is sent
in the way the shop requested, how many flash
drives will there be in each box, and how many
boxes of each color will there be?
WORD PROBLEM:
84: 2 x 2 x 3 x 7
196: 2 x 2 x7x7
252: 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 7
Common Factor: 2 x 2 x 7 = 28
GCF: 28
There are 28 pcs of flash drives per color. (3 boxes for red, 7 boxes
for blue and 9 boxes for green for a total of 19 boxes.
QUESTIONS?
GCF
Do you understand word problems involving the
Greatest Common Factor (GCF)?

5 4 3 2 1 GCF