LCM, GCF, and Prime Factorization!

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What is the GCF (Greatest Common Factor)?

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

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How do you find the GCF of two numbers?

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You can find the GCF by listing the factors of each number and identifying the largest common factor.

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What is the prime factorization of a number?

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Prime factorization is expressing a number as the product of its prime factors.

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How do you find the prime factorization of 48?

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The prime factorization of 48 is 3 x 2^4.

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What is the LCM (Least Common Multiple)?

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

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How do you find the LCM of two numbers?

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You can find the LCM by listing the multiples of each number and identifying the smallest common multiple.

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What are factors?

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Factors are numbers that can be multiplied together to get another number.

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List all the factors of 20.

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The factors of 20 are 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, and 20.

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What is the relationship between GCF and LCM?

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The product of the GCF and LCM of two numbers is equal to the product of the numbers.

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What is a prime number?

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A prime number is a natural number greater than 1 that has no positive divisors other than 1 and itself.