What is the greatest number that can exactly divide (144), (216), and (360)?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: (72)
Step 1: The greatest number dividing all given numbers is the HCF. Step 2: (144=2^4\times3^2), (216=2^3\times3^3), and (360=2^3\times3^2\times5), so HCF (=2^3\times3^2=72). Step 3: Use only primes common to all numbers.
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What is the correct answer to this question?
(72)
Why is this the correct answer?
Step 1: The greatest number dividing all given numbers is the HCF. Step 2: (144=2^4\times3^2), (216=2^3\times3^3), and (360=2^3\times3^2\times5), so HCF (=2^3\times3^2=72). Step 3: Use only primes common to all numbers.
Which subject and chapter does this question cover?
This is a Class 10 Mathematics question. Chapter: Real Numbers. Topic: HCF and LCM using prime factorisation.
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