What is the greatest common factor of 63 and 21

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River Grant

18 March, 15:40

What is the greatest common factor of 63 and 21

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Donovan Fuller · Answer 1

Factors of 21={1,3,7,21}

Factors of 63={1,3,7,9,21,63}

the highest common factor (HCF) is 21.

Armando Mcgrath · Answer 2

Answer: 21

Step-by-step explanation: To find the greatest common factor for the numbers 21 and 63, make a factor tree for each of the numbers.

21 is 3 * 7.

63 is 3 * 21 and 21 is 3 * 7.

The greatest common factor therefore is 3 * 7 or 21.