HCF and LCM

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HCF and LCM: Overview

This topic covers understanding and solving HCF and LCM problems using the prime factorisation method and the fundamental theorem of arithmetic. This is explained using the aid of solved examples and word problems.

Important Questions on HCF and LCM

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Three different containers contain different quantities of a mixture of milk and water, whose measurements are 403 kg, 434 kg and  465 kg. What biggest measure be there to measure all the different quantities exactly?

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Find H.C.F. Three number are in the ratio of 3 : 4 : 5 and their L.C.M. is 2400 ?

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The HCF of two numbers is 3 and their LCM is 60. If one of the numbers is 15. Find the other?

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The product of two numbers is 2160 and their HCF is 12. If the sum of the squares of the two numbers is 4896, then what is the mean of the two numbers?

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What is the HCF of 329-9 and 338-9?

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LCM of smallest two digit prime number and smallest odd prime number.

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An army contingent of 616 members to march behind an army band of 32 members in a parade. The two groups are to march in the same number of columns. What is the maximum number of columns in which they can march?

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Find LCM of 17, 23, 27.

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A boy was asked to find the LCM of 3, 5, 12 and another number. But while calculating, he wrote 21 instead of 12 and yet came with the correct answer. What could be the fourth number? 

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Find the H.C.F of 40, 56 and 60.

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Find the GCD  of 7x2 and 21x

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How to do LCM of 23 and 35?

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Find the smallest number which when doubled will be exactly divisible by 4, 10 and 15

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Three bangles circumference measure 30 cm, 40 cm, and 60 cm. If they are rolled in stairs they are moving simultaneously. What is the least distance they should cover so that each wheel makes a complete number of revolutions?

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How to find lcm using prime factorization.

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If x+k is the HCF of x2+px+q and  x2+qx+p where pqthen what is the value of k?

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The greatest number, which when divide 989 and 1327 leave remainders 5 and 7 respectively, is:

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The maximum number of students among whom 1001 pens and 910 pencils can be distributed in such a way that each student gets same number of pens and same number of pencils, is:

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The product of two numbers is 2160 and their HCF is 12. Number of such possible pairs is