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What is the greatest common factor of 20 and 36? 2 4 5 6

User Causality
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It’s 4

4*5=20
4*9=36

The other numbers don’t work
User SimpleBeat
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For this case we have that, by definition, the greatest common factor or GCF of two numbers is the largest number that is a factor of both numbers.

so:

20: 10,5,4,2,1

36: 18,12,9,6,4,3,2,1

So, the greatest common factor of 20 and 36 is 4

Answer:

GFC: 4

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