Greatest Common Factor
GMAT glossary · Quantitative Reasoning
Definition
The largest positive integer dividing every specified integer.
Greatest Common Factor in plain English
Use the GCF when dividing quantities into the largest identical groups. In prime factors, keep only the primes shared by every number, each at the lowest shared power.
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