What is the least common factor of 9 and 83?

To answer the question, "What is the least common factor of 9 and 83?", we will start by defining and listing factors of 9 and 83.

Factors of 9 are all the integers that when multiplied by another integer equal 9. Likewise, factors of 83 are all the integers that when multiplied by another integer equal 83.

The factors of 9 are 1, 3, and 9.

The factors 83 are 1 and 83.

When you ask, "What is the least common factor of 9 and 83?", least is the key word here. Least means smallest. Thus, the smallest or least common factor that 9 and 83 have in common is 1.

Note that all integers, such as 9 and 83, 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 9 and 83, you may also be interested in knowing the greatest common factor of 9 and 83. The greatest factor 9 and 83 have in common, per the list above, is 1.

When you asked for the least common factor of 9 and 83, did you mean least common multiple? If so, the least common multiple of 9 and 83 is 747.

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