HCF and LCM
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
Three different containers contain different quantities of a mixture of milk and water, whose measurements are and . What biggest measure be there to measure all the different quantities exactly?
Find H.C.F. Three number are in the ratio of and their L.C.M. is ?
The of two numbers is and their is If one of the numbers is Find the other?
The product of two numbers is and their HCF is . If the sum of the squares of the two numbers is , then what is the mean of the two numbers?
What is the HCF of and ?
LCM of smallest two digit prime number and smallest odd prime number.
An army contingent of members to march behind an army band of 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?
A boy was asked to find the LCM of and another number. But while calculating, he wrote instead of and yet came with the correct answer. What could be the fourth number?
Find the H.C.F of .
Find the GCD of
How to do LCM of ?
Find the smallest number which when doubled will be exactly divisible by
Three bangles circumference measure . 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?
How to find lcm using prime factorization.
If is the HCF of and where then what is the value of ?
The greatest number, which when divide and leave remainders and respectively, is:
The maximum number of students among whom pens and pencils can be distributed in such a way that each student gets same number of pens and same number of pencils, is:
The product of two numbers is and their HCF is . Number of such possible pairs is
