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What is the greatest common factor of 6 and 54?

Answer 1

The answer is 6.

First, let's find the GCF of both numbers. We know that since both are even, their GCFs are 2. We then divide both numbers by 2. 6 divided by 2 equals 3. 54 divided by 2 equals 27. Afterwards, let's take a closer look at the problem. Since both are divisible by 3, we get 1 and 9 respectively. Next, let's find the GCF of both of those numbers. Since 1 has already been fully divided off, we now need to multiply our other 2 GCFs. 2 times 3 is equal to 6, and our GCF is 6.

Let's see if our calculation is correct: 6 divided by 6 equals 1. 54 divided by 6 equals 9.

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Answer 2

Roman Alvarez

The greatest common factor of 6 and 54 is 6.

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