Exercise 3.6
1. Find the HCF of the following numbers?
a) 18,48=
(b) 30,42 =
(c) 18,60 =
(d) 27,63 =
(e) 36,84=
(f) 34,102=
(g) 70,105,175=
(h) 91,112,49=
(i) 18,54,81=
2. What is the HCF of two consecutive (a) numbers?(b) even numbers?(c) odd numbers?
3. HCF of co-prime numbers 4 and 15 was found as follows by factorisation :4 = 2 × 2 and 15 = 3 × 5. Since there is no common prime factor, so HCF of 4 and 15 is 0. Is the answer correct? If not, what is the correct HCF.
Since 4 and 15 have no common prime factors, they are
The correct HCF of two co-prime numbers is always
Conclusion: The correct HCF of 4 and 15 is 1. Thus, the above given statement is