What is the HCF of (12), (18), and (30)?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: (6)
Step 1: (12=2^2\times3), (18=2\times3^2), and (30=2\times3\times5). Step 2: The common prime factors in all three numbers are (2) and (3). Step 3: (2\times3=6), so the HCF is (6).
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What is the correct answer to this question?
(6)
Why is this the correct answer?
Step 1: (12=2^2\times3), (18=2\times3^2), and (30=2\times3\times5). Step 2: The common prime factors in all three numbers are (2) and (3). Step 3: (2\times3=6), so the HCF is (6).
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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