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GCF of 165 and 126

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asked Mar 5, 2014 in ALGEBRA 1 by chrisgirl Apprentice

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Greatest common factor is greatest number that divides both the numbers without a remainder.

Find the prime factors of each number

165 = 1 * 3 * 5 * 11

126 = 1 * 2 * 3 * 3 * 7

The common factors are  1 and 3.

The greatest common factor is 3.

answered Mar 11, 2014 by dozey Mentor
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The GCF is the product of the common prime factors in each number.

Factor each monomial and Circle the common prime factors.

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The common prime factor 3 is called the greatest common factor of 165, 126.

 

answered May 29, 2014 by joly Scholar

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