Question

find the highest common factor (HCF) of 8 and 12

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Answer 1

Answer:

8=2×2×2

12=2×2×3

so HCF is 2×2=4

Answer 2

Answer:

QuEsTiOn

find the highest common factor (HCF) of 8 and 12

To find

HCF

Answer

First we have to find the factors of bothe numbers.

$factors of 8 = 1,2,4,8$

$Factors of 12 = 1,2,3,4,6,12$

Highest Common factor = 4

More about this

Factor - A factor is a number that is divisible by another number . For example = 12÷ 3 = 4