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Greatest common factors ( gcf ) & least common multiples (lcm)

Greatest common factors ( gcf ) & least common multiples (lcm). Greatest Common Factor (GCF) – The largest number that divides exactly into two or more numbers. Definition. Finding the gcf. Begin with two numbers. 30 and 84. Step 1 – Complete the prime factorization

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Greatest common factors ( gcf ) & least common multiples (lcm)

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  1. Greatest common factors (gcf) & least common multiples (lcm)

  2. Greatest Common Factor (GCF) – The largest number that divides exactly into two or more numbers Definition

  3. Finding the gcf Begin with two numbers. 30 and 84 Step 1 – Complete the prime factorization of these numbers. Do not use exponents. 30 84 2 x 3 x 5 =30 2 x 2 x 3 x 7=84

  4. Finding the gcf Step 2 – Write the prime factorizations underneath each other 2 x 3 x 5=30 2 x 3 x 5 =30 2 x 2 x 3 x 7=84 2 x 2 x 3 x 7=84 Step 3 – Circle each number that appears in both factorizations

  5. Finding the gcf Note-The second 2 is not circled in the bottom prime factorization because 2 only appears once in the first factorization. 2 x 3 x 5 =30 2 x 2 x 3 x 7=84 Step 4-Multiply the circled numbers. 2 x 3=6 6 IS YOUR GCF FOR 30 AND 84!

  6. Practice Find the GCF of 24 and 96 Step 1-Prime Factorization. 24 2 x 2 x 2 x 3=24 96 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3=96 Step 2-Write the prime factorizations underneath each other. 2 x 2 x 2 x 3=24 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3=96

  7. Practice Find the GCF of 24 and 96 Step 3-Circle the common numbers. Step 4-Multiply the circled numbers. 2 x 2 x 2 x 3=24 2 x 2 x 2 x 3=24 24 IS YOUR GCF FOR 24 AND 96! 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3=96

  8. Practice Find the GCF of 18 and 35 Step 1-Prime Factorization. 18 2 x 3 x 3=18 35 5 x 7=35 Step 2-Write the prime factorizations underneath each other. 2 x 3 x 3=18 5 x 7=35

  9. Practice Find the GCF of 18 and 35 Step 3-Circle the common numbers. WE DON’T HAVE ANY COMMON NUMBERS! Note-If the prime factorizations have no numbers in common, the GCF is 1. 2 x 3 x 3=18 1 IS YOUR GCF FOR 18 AND 35! 5 x 7=35

  10. Practice Find the GCF of 15 and 36 Step 1-Prime Factorization. 15 3 x 5=15 36 2 x 2 x 3 x 3=36 Step 2-Write the prime factorizations underneath each other. 3 x 5=15 2 x 2 x 3 x 3=36

  11. Practice Find the GCF of 15 and 36 Step 3-Circle the common numbers. Note-If the prime factorizations only have one number in common, that number is your GCF. 3 x 5 =15 3 IS YOUR GCF FOR 15 AND 36! 2 x 2 x 3 x 3=36

  12. To find the GCF for more than 2 numbers, take the same steps as before, but you will circle the common numbers in all of the prime factorizations. Finding the gcf for more than 2 numbers

  13. Finding the gcf for more than 2 numbers Begin with the given numbers. 24, 48, and 60 Step 1 – Complete the prime factorization of these numbers. Do not use exponents. 24 48 60 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3=48 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 =24 2 x 2 x 3 x 5=60

  14. Finding the gcf for more than 2 numbers Step 2 – Write the prime factorizations underneath each other 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 = 24 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 = 24 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 = 48 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 = 48 2 x 2 x 3 x 5 = 60 2 x 2 x 3 x 5 = 60 Step 3 – Circle each number that appears in all factorizations

  15. Finding the gcf for more than 2 numbers Step 4-Multiply the circled numbers. 2 x 2 x 3=12 12 IS YOUR GCF FOR 24, 48, AND 60! Note-If no number appears in all prime factorizations, then GCF is 1.

  16. To solve this problem, you could do all of the prime factorizations for the numbers listed. However, 31 is a prime number. Whenever a prime number is in your given set of numbers, and all the other numbers are not multiples of the prime number, then the GCF is always 1. Special example Find the GCF of 12, 16, 31, 44, 68, and 96.

  17. Carefully check that you have circled all of the matching prime factors and haven’t circled any non-matching ones. • If the set of given numbers does not have any prime factors in common, the GCF is 1. • If the set of given numbers only has one prime factor in common, that prime factor is your GCF. • To find the GCF for more than two numbers, the prime factors must be present in all prime factorizations. • If one (or more) of the numbers in the given set is a prime number, and all of the other numbers are not multiples of the prime number, the GCF is always 1. Notes

  18. Questions?

  19. Least Common Multiple (LCM) – The smallest number that is a multiple of two or more numbers. Definition

  20. Finding the LCM-basic method Begin with two numbers. 12 and 80 Step 1 – List several multiples of each number. 12 80 12, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72, 84, 96, 108, 120, 132, 144, 156, 168, 180, 192, 204, 216, 228, 240, 252, 264, 276, 288, 300 80, 160, 240, 320, 400

  21. Finding the LCM-basic method Step 2-Find the smallest number that occurs in both lists. 240 is you LCM for 12 and 80! 12 80 Note-You will always have to list more multiples of the smaller number. 12, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72, 84, 96, 108, 120, 132, 144, 156, 168, 180, 192, 204, 216, 228, 240, 252, 264, 276, 288, 300 80, 160, 240, 320, 400

  22. Find the LCM of 16 and 52 practice 16 52 208 is your LCM for 16 and 52 16, 32, 48, 64, 80, 96, 112, 128, 144, 160, 176, 192, 208, 224, 240, 256, 272 52, 104, 156, 208, 260, 312

  23. Find the LCM of 17 and 19 practice 323 is your LCM for 17 and 19 17 19 17, 34, 51, 68, 85, 102, 119, 136, 153, 170, 187, 204, 221, 238, 255, 272, 289 306, 323, 340, 357, 374, 391, 408, 425 Note-The LCM of two prime numbers is always the product of the numbers. 19, 38, 57, 76, 95, 114, 133, 152, 171, 190, 209, 228, 247, 266, 285, 304, 323, 342, 361, 380, 399, 418, 437, 456

  24. To find the LCM for more than 2 numbers, take the same steps as before, but you will circle the first multiple that is present in all lists. Finding the LCM for more than 2 numbers-basic method

  25. Find the LCM of 8, 30, and 48 Finding the LCM for more than 2 numbers-basic method 8 30 48 8, 16, 24, 32, 40, 48, 56, 64, 72, 80, 88, 96, 104, 112, 120, 128, 136, 144, 152 160, 168, 176, 184, 192, 200, 208, 216, 224, 232, 240, 248, 256, 264, 272, 280 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, 180, 210, 240, 270, 300, 330 48, 96, 144, 192, 240, 288, 336, 384, 432, 480 240 is your LCM for 8, 30, and 48

  26. Finding the LCM-advanced method Begin with two numbers. 12 and 80 Step 1 – Complete the prime factorization of these numbers. Do not use exponents. 12 80 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 5=80 2 x 2 x 3 =12

  27. Finding the LCM-advanced method Step 2 – Write the prime factorizations underneath each other 2 x 2 x 3=12 2 x 2 x 3=12 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 5= 80 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 5= 80 Step 3 – Count the times each factor appears in each factorization. 2 appears twice, 3 appears once 2 appears four times, 5 appears once

  28. Finding the LCM-advanced method Step 4-Use the highest occurrence of each number to create a multiplication problem. 2 x 2 x 3=12 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 5= 80 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 5= 5 appears once in the second factorization 2 appears four times in the second factorization 2 appears twice, 3 appears once 3 appears once in the first factorization 2 appears four times, 5 appears once

  29. Finding the LCM-advanced Step 5 – Solve the problem 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 5= 240 240 is you LCM for 12 and 80!

  30. Find the LCM of 12 and 26 practice Step 1 – Prime factorization Step 1 – Write the prime factorizations underneath each other. 2 x 2 x 3 =12 12 26 2 x 13 =26 2 x 2 x 3 =12 2 x 13 =26

  31. Find the LCM of 12 and 26 practice Step 3 – Count the times each factor appears in each factorization. 2 appears twice, 3 appears once 2 appears once, 13 appears once Step 4-Use the highest occurrence of each number to create a multiplication problem. 2 x 2 x 3 x 13= 2 x 2 x 3 =12 2 x 13 =26 2 appears twice in the first factorization 13 appears once in the second factorization 3 appears once in the first factorization

  32. Finding the LCM-advanced Step 5 – Solve the problem 2 x 2 x 3 x 13= 156 156 is you LCM for 12 and 26!

  33. The LCM of two prime numbers is always the product of the two numbers. The basic method is better for smaller numbers. The advanced method is better for larger numbers. Notes

  34. Questions?

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