Greatest common factor

You know how to find factors of a number, but what about factors that are common to two numbers? Even better, imagine the largest factors that are common to two numbers. These are called the greatest common factors (GCF) or sometimes greatest common divisors (GCD). Yay, acronyms! Too exciting! Common Core Standard: 6.NS.B.4

Greatest common factor examples

Greatest common factor explained

Greatest common factor

Factor with the distributive property

Factor with the distributive property (no variables)