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What is the greatest common factor of 16 and 40?

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Answer:

8

Explanation:

16 divided by 8 is 2. 40 divided by 8 is 5. Neither of these can be reduced by any more common numbers, so therefore, 8 is your greatest common factor. The GCF of 16 and 40 is 8.

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