Question

what is the highest common factor of 24 and 42?​

Answer 1

Answer:

24 = 2×2×2×3

42 = 2×3×7

the 3 is the highest common factor..

Answer 2

Answer:

Greatest common factor is 6

Explanation:

Break the numbers down into their prime number factors.

Some prime numbers: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37 ....

Tony B

Tony B

Observe that the only prime numbers in both are 2 and 3.

So the product

2

×

3

=

6

is a factor of both.

Since there is no other prime common to both

24

and

42

, we cannot increase the common factor of

6

by multiplying by another prime.

So, the highest/greatest common factor of

24

and

42

is

6

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