Question

Tasha believes that she can rewrite the difference of 120 minus 36 as a product of the GCF of the two numbers and the difference.Is she correct?

Answer 1

GCF = 12

For the values 36, 120:

Solution by Factorization:

The factors of 36 are: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 36

The factors of 120 are: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24, 30, 40, 60, 120

Then the greatest common factor is 12.

Pair Share:

The GCF of 120 and 36 is ======> 12

so, 120 – 36 can be written as:

12 × 10 – 12 × 3, which is 12 × (10 – 3) or 12 × 7.

Answer: ========> Therefore, Tasha is correct

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