How do you find the greatest common factor of 56, 63?
1 Answer
Mar 5, 2018
The GCF of
Explanation:
One way to find the greatest common factor (GCF) of two positive numbers goes as follows:
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Divide the larger number by the smaller to give a quotient and remainder.
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If the remainder is
#0# then the smaller number is the GCF. -
Otherwise repeat with the smaller number and the remainder.
In our example:
#63 / 56 = 1" "# with remainder#7#
#56 / 7 = 8" "# with remainder#0#
So the GCF is
