GCSE · Integers, powers & roots

HCF and LCMExam-style questions

What highest common factor and lowest common multiple actually mean, how prime factors give both (lowest powers vs highest powers), and how to spot which one a word problem is asking for.

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14 questions · GCSE (Higher) level · mark scheme and worked solution on each · no sign-up to try

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(a) Find the highest common factor (HCF) of $24$ and $36$ (1 mark)

(b) Find the lowest common multiple (LCM) of $24$ and $36$ (1 mark)
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(a) Find the highest common factor (HCF) of $12$ and $18$ .

(b) Find the lowest common multiple (LCM) of $12$ and $18$ .
Level 2 · 2 marksTry it