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The greatest common factor, or GCF, (also known as HCF) is the largest positive integer that will divide evenly with no remainder into all the members of a given set of numbers. The least common multiple, or LCM, is the smallest positive integer that all the members of a given set of numbers will divide into evenly with no remainder. Factors go into numbers, numbers go into multiples.
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What is the HCF and LCM of the numbers 526 and 213?
hcf: 1 lcm: 112,038
Can HCF and LCM of two numbers be 27 and 288?
No. The LCM MUST be a multiple of the HCF.
Can two numbers have 16 as their HCF and 380 as their LCM?
LCM = product/HCF so product = LCM/HCF in this case 380/16 which is 23.75, so the answer to your question is no.
How would you explain the LCM of the two numbers is their product?
The LCM of two numbers is their product if and only if the two numbers are co prime, that is their HCF is 1. Otherwise their LCM in not their product, in fact, it is their product divided by their HCF.
What is the difference between the LCM and HCM of 42 nd 84?
Whenever one of the numbers is a multiple of the other, the larger number is the LCM and the smaller number is the GCF. In this case, the difference between them is 42. The highest common multiple of any set of integers is infinite.
