GCF/LCM/Distributive Property

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What is the GCF (Greatest Common Factor)?

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The GCF of two or more numbers is the largest number that divides all of them without leaving a remainder.

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What is the LCM (Least Common Multiple)?

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The LCM of two or more numbers is the smallest number that is a multiple of all of them.

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How do you find the GCF of two numbers?

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List the factors of each number and identify the largest factor they have in common.

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How do you find the LCM of two numbers?

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List the multiples of each number and identify the smallest multiple they have in common.

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What are factors?

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Factors are numbers that divide another number evenly without leaving a remainder.

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What are multiples?

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Multiples are the result of multiplying a number by an integer.

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Find the GCF of 12 and 16.

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The GCF is 4.

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Find the LCM of 3 and 5.

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The LCM is 15.

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What is the distributive property?

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The distributive property states that a(b + c) = ab + ac.

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Use the distributive property to simplify: 3(4 + 5).

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The answer is 27.