Question

What is the greatest common factor (GCF) of 8 and 36?

A.
6
B.
72
C.
4
D.
8

Answer 1

Answer and step by step explanations.

What is GCF of 8 and 36? Answer: GCF of 8 and 36 is 4. Explanation: The GCF of two non-zero integers, x(8) and y(36), is the greatest positive integer m(4) that divides both x(8) and y(36) without any remainder.

so therefore the answer is 4

Answer 2

C. 4

Explanation:

The factors of 8 are 1, 2, 4, 8 and the factors of 36 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 12, 18, 36.

The greatest common factor they share is 4.