Question

Debra counts the ants into Farms. one Farm has 36 ants. the other has 54 ants. find the greatest common factor 36 and 54.

Answer 1

The greatest common factor is the highest number that can exactly divide 2 or more numbers.

The greatest common factor of 36 and 54 can be computed below

`\begin{gathered} 36\rightarrow1,2,3,4,6,12,18,36 \\ 54\rightarrow1,2,3,6,9,18,27,54 \\ \text{Greatest common factor = 18} \end{gathered}`