What is the greatest common factor of 36 and 40?
1 Answer
Apr 1, 2016
Explanation:
One way to calculate the GCF of two numbers is as follows:
Divide the large number by the smaller to give a quotient and remainder.
If the remainder is zero then the GCF is the smaller number.
Otherwise repeat with the smaller number and the remainder.
In our example, proceed as follows:
#40 / 36 = 1# with remainder#4#
#36 / 4 = 9# with remainder#0#
So the GCF is
