Factoring Example: find the GCF of 20,50,120
Just find the factors of each number
The factors of 20 are 1,2,4,5,10,20
The factors of 50 are 1,2,5,10,25,50
The factors of 120 are 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,10,12,15,20,24,30,40,60,120
the common factors of 20,50,120 are 1,2,5,10 just the numbers common to all three.
the greatest common factor of 20,50,120 is 10
For the values of 36,144
is GCF = 36