What is the least common factor of 9 and 93?

To answer the question, "What is the least common factor of 9 and 93?", we will start by defining and listing factors of 9 and 93.

Factors of 9 are all the integers that when multiplied by another integer equal 9. Likewise, factors of 93 are all the integers that when multiplied by another integer equal 93.

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

The factors 93 are 1, 3, 31, and 93.

When you ask, "What is the least common factor of 9 and 93?", least is the key word here. Least means smallest. Thus, the smallest or least common factor that 9 and 93 have in common is 1.

Note that all integers, such as 9 and 93, 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 93, you may also be interested in knowing the greatest common factor of 9 and 93. The greatest factor 9 and 93 have in common, per the list above, is 3.

When you asked for the least common factor of 9 and 93, did you mean least common multiple? If so, the least common multiple of 9 and 93 is 279.

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