HCF of 12, 18, 42, Option : A. 123 B. 60 C. 12 D. 6


Q. Find the HCF of 12, 18, and 42


Explanation: First write the prime factors of each number : 12 = 2² × 3, 18 = 2 × 3², and 42 = 2 × 3 × 7.


Now find the common prime factors present in all the numbers.The common factors are 2 and 3.


Multiply the common factors: 2 × 3 = 6


Therefore, the HCF of 12, 18, and 42 is 6.


Ans: D. 6


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āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: D. 6


12=22×3,18=2×32,42=2×3×7 HCF = 2 × 3 = 6


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Q. Find the LCM of 15, 24, 35, and 5


Explanation: First write each number in its prime factor form : 15 = 3 × 5, 24 = 2³ × 3, 35 = 5 × 7, and 54 = 2 × 3³.


Now take the highest powers of all the prime factors present in the numbers.
The highest power of 2 is 2³, the highest power of 3 is 3³, and the prime factors 5 and 7 are also included.


Multiply these highest powers together: LCM = 23×33×5×7 = 8 × 27 × 5 × 7 =


Therefore, the LCM of 15, 24, 35, and 54 is 7560.


LCM = 23×33×5×7=7560


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15 = 3 × 5, 24 = 2³ × 3, 35 = 5 × 7, āφ⧰⧁ 54 = 2 × 3³āĨ¤


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2 ā§° āĻ¸ā§°ā§āĻŦā§‹āĻšā§āϚ āϘāĻžāϤ āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ 2³, 3 ā§° āĻ¸ā§°ā§āĻŦā§‹āĻšā§āϚ āϘāĻžāϤ āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ 3³, āφ⧰⧁ 5 āφ⧰⧁ 7 āĻ• āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§°ā§āϭ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


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āϏ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇, 15, 24, 35 āφ⧰⧁ 54 ā§° LCM āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ 7560āĨ¤


LCM = 7560