What is the least common factor of 36 and 54?

To answer the question, "What is the least common factor of 36 and 54?", we will start by defining and listing factors of 36 and 54.

Factors of 36 are all the integers that when multiplied by another integer equal 36. Likewise, factors of 54 are all the integers that when multiplied by another integer equal 54.

The factors of 36 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, and 36.

The factors 54 are 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 27, and 54.

When you ask, "What is the least common factor of 36 and 54?", least is the key word here. Least means smallest. Thus, the smallest or least common factor that 36 and 54 have in common is 1.

Note that all integers, such as 36 and 54, have 1 as one of its factors. Thus, the answer to the least common factor of any two integers greater than 0 will always be 1.

Now that you know the least common factor of 36 and 54, you may also be interested in knowing the greatest common factor of 36 and 54. The greatest factor 36 and 54 have in common, per the list above, is 18.

When you asked for the least common factor of 36 and 54, did you mean least common multiple? If so, the least common multiple of 36 and 54 is 108.

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