Highest Common Factor (HCF)

Author:Jharne De
6th CBSE
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Highest Common Factor (HCF): Overview

This topic deals with the concept of highest common factor of the numbers. It discusses the methods of listing of factors, prime factorisation and long division method to find the HCF of numbers.

Important Questions on Highest Common Factor (HCF)

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Find the HCF using the long division method.

225, 300

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What is the maximum number of Fridays that can occur in the first 50 days of a year?

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A community hall is 16 m 50 cm long and 15 m 25 cm wide. It is to be paved by square marble stone tiles of the same size. Find the largest size of the tile that can be used and the least number of such tiles required.

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Which longest tape can be used to measure the length 11 m 52 cm and 16 m 64 cm exactly?

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Find the greatest number which divides 126, 150, and 210 giving a remainder of 6 in each case.

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The HCF of 244 and 180 is:

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The HCF of 32×4×523×42×5 is

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Find the greatest number which divides 141, 150 and 278 leaving remainder 7, 5 and 6, respectively.

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Find the greatest number which divides 74, 112 and 152 leaving remainder 2, 4 and 6, respectively.

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Find the greatest number which divides 843 and 949 leaving remainders 3 and 9, respectively.

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Find the greatest number which divides 149 and 325 leaving remainder 5 in each case.

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Find the HCF using the long division method.

63, 90

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Find the HCF using the long division method.

546, 940

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Find the HCF using the long division method.

38, 194

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Find the HCF of the following numbers by listing the factors.

6, 18, 32

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Find the HCF of the following numbers by listing the factors.

9, 27, 35

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Find the HCF of the following numbers by listing the factors.

12, 16

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Find the HCF of the following numbers by listing the factors.

27, 81

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Find the HCF of the following numbers using prime factorisation.

54, 270