What is the least common factor of 7 and 1?

To answer the question, "What is the least common factor of 7 and 1?", we will start by defining and listing factors of 7 and 1.

Factors of 7 are all the integers that when multiplied by another integer equal 7. Likewise, factors of 1 are all the integers that when multiplied by another integer equal 1.

The factors of 7 are 1 and 7.

The factors 1 are 1 and 1.

When you ask, "What is the least common factor of 7 and 1?", least is the key word here. Least means smallest. Thus, the smallest or least common factor that 7 and 1 have in common is 1.

Note that all integers, such as 7 and 1, 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 7 and 1, you may also be interested in knowing the greatest common factor of 7 and 1. The greatest factor 7 and 1 have in common, per the list above, is 1.

When you asked for the least common factor of 7 and 1, did you mean least common multiple? If so, the least common multiple of 7 and 1 is 7.

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