Year 7 Interactive Maths - Second Edition

Common Factors

Factors that are common to two or more numbers are said to be common factors.

Example 7

Find the common factors of 10 and 30.

Solution:

So, the common factors of 10 and 30 are 1, 2, 5 and 10.

Example 8

Find the common factors of 26 and 39.

Solution:

So, the common factors of 26 and 39 are 1 and 13.

Key Term

common factors

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