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GCF: Greatest Common Factor

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GCF: Greatest Common Factor
4 min6thMath
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Summary

Math Antics teaches how to find the greatest common factor shared by two numbers. A clear, animated 4-minute lesson you can drop straight into a grade 6 math block -- pause-friendly, with worked examples on screen.

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Discussion questions

Discussion

A few questions to talk through after watching “GCF: Greatest Common Factor.”

  1. What does 'common factor' mean?
  2. How do you pick the greatest of the common factors?
  3. Where is the GCF useful, such as with fractions?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: factor, common factor, greatest common factor, GCF.

Try it: Find the GCF of 24 and 36.

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