Contribute: if our content helped you today, consider helping us with a payment of your choosing, by clicking here

AQA Maths

HCF and LCM icon

Highest Common Factor

HCF

Write both numbers in terms of their prime factors.

For HCF we choose the common factors with lowest powers.

Example:

HCF.jpg

LCM

We choose all the common and uncommon factors, but for common factors, we chose the highest powers!

LCM.jpg

Revise and Get Paid!

If you like taking summary notes of lessons and solving past papers, see the Join Us page!