Every number has one prime recipe
However you split it, 360 always ends as 2³ × 3² × 5. That is why the tree can start with any pair of factors and still arrive at the same primes.
Split any number into its prime factors with a factor tree, list every factor, and find the highest common factor and lowest common multiple of two or three numbers — with a Venn diagram.
However you split it, 360 always ends as 2³ × 3² × 5. That is why the tree can start with any pair of factors and still arrive at the same primes.
The HCF is the biggest number that divides them all — use it to simplify fractions or cut things into equal pieces. The LCM is the first number they all divide into — use it for common denominators and "when do they meet again".
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