Highest Common Factor (Leaving Cert Mathematics): Quizzes

📚Quizzes
Highest Common Factor
Sign up to keep practising.Create a free account to play more quizzes and track your progress.

Practise the questions

10 questions from this quiz

Show

What is the Highest Common Factor (HCF) of 4x24x^2, 8x8x, −12x3-12x^3?

4x4x

Why is factoring important in algebra?

Breaks expr into simpler parts

What does prime factorisation involve?

Breaking down into primes

If an expression has a common factor of 66, what is done?

Factor out 66

Why do we use HCF in fraction reduction?

Simplifies fractions

How do you find HCF?

Prime factorise then find common

What is factorisation?

Breaking into product of factors

Find HCF of 4x2+8x−12x34x^2+8x-12x^3

4x4x

Which method finds HCF by listing each term's factors?

Write all factors for each term

HCF in algebraic factorisation means?

Largest term dividing all terms

Explore Leaving Cert Mathematics Revision Notes by Topics

Explore Leaving Cert Mathematics Model Answers by Topics

Explore Leaving Cert Mathematics Flashcards by Topics

Explore Leaving Cert Mathematics Exam Questions by Topics

Join 100,000+ Leaving Cert students studying Quizzes with us.

Select your subjects, and get access to A+ resources today.