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Warm-Up: Factor
worksheet 1-100

Common Factor:

Greatest Common Factor (GCF):

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A choir director wants to divide a choir

into smaller groups. The choir has 24
sopranos, 60 altos, and 36 tenors. Each
group will have the same number of each
type of voice. What is the greatest
number of groups that can be formed?
How many sopranos, altos, and tenors
will be in each group?

Finding GCF: Method 1

-List the factors of each number. Identify the
greatest number that is on every list.
24
60
36

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Finding GCF: Method 2

Write the prime factorization of each number.
The GCF is the product of the common prime
factors.
24

60

36

The greatest number of groups you can

make is ____. Each group will have:
24/ ____ Sopranos
60/ ____ Altos
36/ ____ Tenors

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Find the GCF of the numbers 16, 32, 40.

Find the GCF of the numbers 27, 45, 90.

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Checkpoint: Find the GCF of the numbers...

1.) 12, 30

3.) 25, 40, 55

2.) 21, 42

Relatively Prime:

Find the GCF of the numbers. Then tell

whether the numbers are relatively prime or not.
a.) 18, 24

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Find the GCF of the numbers. Then tell

whether the numbers are relatively prime or not.
b.) 39, 56

Checkpoint: Find the GCF of the numbers.

Then tell whether the numbers are relatively
prime or not.
1.) 110, 77

2.) 21, 160

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Find the GCF of the numbers. Then tell

whether the numbers are relatively prime or
not.
c.) 18, 33

d.) 39, 50

Finding the GCF of monomials

Factor the monomials. The GCF is the product
of the common factors.
22m3p, 38mp2

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Find the GCF of the monomials.

3.) 6x, 15x

4.) 20x2, 36x

Find the GCF of the monomials.

5.) 32y2, 6x2y

6.) 7xy3, 28xy2