Teaches methods for finding the Highest Common Factor using factorization.
What students will learn
- By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
- Define factors, common factors, and the Highest Common Factor (HCF) of given numbers.
- Determine the HCF of two numbers by listing their factors.
- Express composite numbers as products of their prime factors in index form.
- Calculate the HCF of two and three numbers using the prime factorisation method.
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