what is a common factor? how to determine the gcf of two numbers?

Question

what is a common factor?

Answer 1

du yuno wot a fakter be ???????? fakter av number meen... n* fakter=number . . . . n=1, 2, 3, 4, .... zampel...fakters(10)=2 & 5 . . . kommon fakters meen...find sumthun that be fakter av all numbers . . in a list . . . zampel...kommon fakters(50,100)=2, 5, 10, 25, 50 . . . normally, yu dont sae 50 is a fakter av 50, but if kommon, yu du . . .

Answer 2

Breaking 2 numbers down to their prime factors so they can be factored. Such as the number 8, which would be like (2,2,2,2) .