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HCF Calculator

HCF Calculator takes two numbers as inputs, and finds the Highest Common Factor of the given two numbers.

Inputs

HCF (m, n) = ?

Sample inputs

m: 25
n: 10

m: 620
n: 8

m: 3
n: 4



How to Find HCF

There are three popular ways in which you can find the HCF of given two numbers.

  • Long Division Method
  • Listing Factors
  • Prime Factorization

Steps for finding HCF using Prime Factors

The following is a step-by-step approach to find the HCF (Highest Common Factor) of a given two numbers using Prime Factorization.

  1. Find the prime factors of each number m and n.
  2. List the prime factors of both numbers.
  3. Identify all the common prime factors from both lists.
  4. Multiply the common prime factors, and the product is the required HCF.

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