Greatest Common Factors
The numbers are 12 and 18. This number is the greatest factor they share.
What is 6?
The numbers are 3 and 6. What is the smallest number they both go into?
What is 6?
What does the term greatest common factor mean?
It means the biggest number that is a factor of two or more numbers.
This benchmark fraction is the same as 0.5 and means “half.”
What is 1/2?
This animal is Ms. Corbett’s absolute favourite.
What are cats?
The numbers are 8 and 12. What is their greatest common factor?
What is 4?
The numbers are 4 and 5. What is their lowest common multiple?
What is 20?
What does lowest common multiple mean?
It means the smallest number that two or more numbers can multiply to make.
This benchmark fraction is one out of four equal parts.
What is 1/4?
This pop star is Ms. Corbett’s favourite singer.
Who is Taylor Swift?
The numbers are 10 and 15. What is the GCF?
What is 5?
The numbers are 2 and 7. What is the LCM?
What is 14?
In a fraction, what does the numerator tell us?
It tells how many parts we have.
This benchmark fraction is three out of four parts, and it is close to one whole.
What is 3/4?
Ms. Corbett’s favourite rapper is the artist known for songs like “HUMBLE” and “DNA.”
Who is Kendrick Lamar?
The numbers are 14 and 21. What is the GCF?
What is 7?
The numbers are 6 and 8. What is the lowest common multiple?
What is 24?
In a fraction, what does the denominator show?
It shows how many equal parts the whole is divided into.
This benchmark fraction is equal to one whole because the numerator and denominator are the same.
What is 1/1 or a whole?
Ms. Corbett’s favourite kind of cat has these two colours.
What are black and white cats?
The numbers are 16 and 24. What is the greatest common factor?
What is 8?
The numbers are 5 and 12. What is the LCM?
What is 60?
What is a factor?
A factor is a number that divides another number with no remainder.
When a fraction is close to 1/2, we say it is “about half.” Which benchmark fraction do we use for estimating?
What is 1/2?
This teacher loves music, cats, and teaching Grade 7/8 in Portable 7.
Who is Ms. Corbett?