GCF
What is the GCF of 3 and 7?
1
What is the LCM of 3 and 7?
21
What does the clue word "maximum" tell us to use?
GCF (Greatest)
Rewrite 7(3+8) using the distributive property
21+56
What is a prime number?
A number with only two factors: 1 and itself
What is the GCF of 4 and 12?
4
What is the LCM of 4 and 12?
12
What does the clue word "largest" tell us to use?
GCF (Greatest)
Rewrite 3(11-5) using the distributive property
33-15
What is a composite number?
A number with more than two factors
What is the GCF of 12 and 18?
6
What is the LCM of 12 and 18?
36
What does the clue word "smallest" tell us to use?
LCM (Least)
Rewrite 10+12 using the distributive property
2(5+6)
Define "factor"
A number that is multiplied by another number to get a product. It can also be the divisor or the quotient in a division problem.
What is the GCF of 48 and 72?
24
What is the LCM of 48 and 72?
144
What does the clue phrase "next time" tell us to use?
LCM
Rewrite 24-18 using the distributive property
6(4-3)
Define "multiple"
The numbers you get when you "skip-count", the multiplication facts for a given number
TRUE or FALSE: The GCF of any two prime numbers will always be 1.
TRUE
TRUE or FALSE: The fastest way to find the LCM of two numbers is to just multiply them.
FALSE
What does the clue word "identical" tell us to use?
GCF or LCM
Rewrite (10-3)4 using the Distributive Property
40-12
What is the purpose of the Distributive Property?
allows us to rewrite and simplify expressions and equations