Highest Common Factor or HCF / Greatest Common Divisor or GCD
A number has limited number of factors unlike multiples, so out of these factors what is an HCF? As the name suggests, HCF is the highest common factor of two or more numbers. In other words, HCF is the biggest number that can divide all the given numbers. METHODS TO... Least common multiple (LCM)
There may be infinite number of multiples of a number. So what is an LCM? As the name suggests, LCM is the least common multiple of two or more numbers. In other words, LCM is the smallest positive common multiple of given numbers. Example: LCM of 3 and 4 : Multiple...
FACTORS
When dealing with numbers, it happens so, that some numbers when added to themselves certain number of times result in a number which can be completely divided by both the original number and the second number. (Second number being the number of times of addition of... FACTORS
In this article we shall study more about factors. Hence, we’ll learn how to calculate the number of factors ending with zero, factors not ending with zero and factors divisible by various numbers(for eg: 12). Factors that end with zero: Factors whose unit digit is... FACTORS
In this article we’ll discuss an important concept related to factors i.e. Expressing a number as a product of 2 factors and ways to calculate the product of factors. Expressing a Number as Product of Two Factors: There can be the following 2 cases: Case 1 :- when the...
