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HCF... 😃

HCF, or highest common factor, was my goal a couple of weeks ago. I took, in my opinion, a bit long to learn it, but it's easy if you know what a factor is, which I do, but I was a long time ago... Excuses excuses, anyway, I would like to show you how to do it. 😀 Look below for instructions... First step: Find two or more numbers you want to find a common factor of. I'm going to use 24 & 36. Take those numbers and find all the factors of those numbers. 24: 1,2,3,4,6,8,12 & 24. Those are all the factors of 24. Now let's try 36. 36: 1,2,3,4,6,12 & 36. What are the factors that are the same (btw these are also called common factors)? For 24 and 36 they are: 1,2,3,4,6 & 12. 12 is the highest out of the previous numbers, so the highest common factor of 24 & 36 is... 12. This goal was a goal that challenged me to know my times tables and division facts better, it also lead me to my current goal, divisibility rules. The two goals are related in man