Is the GCF (greatest common factor) of a pair of numbers ever equal to one of the numbers? Explain why or why not.

Mathematics

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FrozenT [24]4 years ago

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Answer:

Yes

Step-by-step explanation:

Yes, that is possible because whenever one number is a factor of the other one, it's their greatest common factor. Here are some examples.

2 and 200

10 and 100

13 and 52

one thousand and one million

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