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What is the GCF between 120, 144?

Answer 1

#GCF(144,120)=24.#

The largest integer that divides precisely into both numbers is the GCF.

Rather than listing all the factors, the GCF can be found for larger numbers using the Euclidean algorithm (of course it works for smaller numbers as well!)

It's the Euclidean algorithm.

#a=pb+r,#

#a,p,b , r inZZ#

#GCF(144,120)#

In terms of the smaller one, express the larger one.

#144=120xx1+24#

Continue until you have expressed the smaller one in terms of the reminder.

#r=0#

#120=24xx1+0#

The GCF is the final non-zero remainder when the remainder is zero.

#GCF(144,120)=24.#

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Answer 2

Aurora Arias

The greatest common factor (GCF) of 120 and 144 is 24.

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Answer from HIX Tutor

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.