FactorFactor A number that A number that divides evenly into divides evenly into another number.another number.
Common FactorCommon Factor
When two When two numbers numbers
have the same have the same factor.factor.
Greatest Common FactorGreatest Common Factor
The The greatest common greatest common factorfactor is the largest factor is the largest factor between two numbers.between two numbers.
12 = 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 1218 = 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18
GCF = 6
What is the Greatest What is the Greatest Common Factor?Common Factor?
8 = 1, 2, 4, 812 = 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12
GCF = 4
What is the Greatest What is the Greatest Common Factor?Common Factor?
6 = 1, 2, 3, 6 18 = 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 15
GCF = 6
Simplest FormSimplest Form When the only common factor of When the only common factor of
the numerator and denominator is the numerator and denominator is 11, the fraction is in , the fraction is in simplest formsimplest form, , or it is or it is reduced to lowest terms.reduced to lowest terms.
34
34÷
11 =
How to Simply a How to Simply a FractionFraction
Find the greatest common Find the greatest common factor of the numerator and the factor of the numerator and the denominator and denominator and divide both by divide both by that numberthat number..