Number Theory and Arithmetic Flashcards
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What is the greatest common factor (GCF) of 36 and 48?
Answer: 12
The factors of 36 are 1,2,3,4,6,9,12,18,36 and of 48 are 1,2,3,4,6,8,12,16,24,48; the greatest common factor is 12.
What is the least common multiple (LCM) of 4 and 6?
Answer: 12
Multiples of 4: 4,8,12; multiples of 6: 6,12; the LCM is 12.
Which of the following is a prime number?
Answer: 37
37 is only divisible by 1 and itself, making it prime; the others have additional factors.
What is 2³ × 3²?
Answer: 72
2³ = 8 and 3² = 9; 8 × 9 = 72.
What is the prime factorization of 60?
Answer: 2² × 3 × 5
60 = 4 × 15 = 2² × 3 × 5.
What is the value of 5! (5 factorial)?
Answer: 120
5! = 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1 = 120.