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Common Factor
Number that will divide two or more others without leaving a remainder. For example, the factors of 8 are 1, 2, 4, and 8; the factors of 12 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 12; and the factors of 16 are 1, 2, 4, 8 and 16. The numbers 2 and 4 are factors of all three numbers (8, 12, and 16) and are known as the common factors; 4 is known as the highest common factor. A prime number can only have factors of one and itself.
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common factor
cube (mathematics)
cube root
division (mathematics)
exponent
factor (number)
index notation
integer
irrational number
multiple
multiplication
negative number
number (mathematics)
number line
pi
place value
power (mathematics)
prime factor
prime number
reciprocal
root (inverse of power)
rounding
square
square root
standard form
subtraction
surd
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