Greatest+Common+Factor

** Greatest-highest in quality ** ** Common-shows up more than once ** ** Factor-a number that evenly goes into another **
 * Definitions **

** Example ** ** To find the greatest common factor you have to have two numbers. We are going to use the numbers 6 and 12 to start. ** ** 1st—the first thing you do is name all the factors that go into 6(1, 2, 3, 6). ** ** 2nd—name all the numbers that go into 12(1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12). ** ** 3rd—find all the numbers of the ones that went into 6 AND 12 not the ones that only go into 6 or only went into 12 the ones that went into BOTH (1, 2, 3, and 6) ** ** 4th—name the biggest number that went into both (6) ** ** NOW YOU HAVE THE GCF!!!!!! **

** CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!! **

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