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    GCF for 12, 18 and 27

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    What's the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of 12, 18 and 27?

    Answer

    GCF of 12, 18 and 27 is
    3

    Common factors: 1, 3

    3 divides all three: 12 ÷ 3 = 4, 18 ÷ 3 = 6, 27 ÷ 3 = 9 — and 4, 6 and 9 have no factor but 1 common to all of them, so no larger number divides all three.

    12 = 22 × 3

    18 = 2 × 32

    27 = 33

    Prime121827Lowest power
    2222——
    3332333

    — = power 0: the prime is not a factor of this number, so it cannot be in the GCF.

    GCF = 3

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    GCF Table

    1st2nd3rdGCF
    1212186
    1213181
    1214182
    1215183
    1216182
    1217181
    1218186
    1218191
    1218202
    1218213
    1218222
    1218231
    1218246
    1218251
    1218262
    1218273
    1218282
    1218291
    1218306
    1218311
    1218322
    1218333
    1218342
    1218351
    1218366
    1218371
    1218382
    1218393
    1218402
    1218411

    FAQ

    What's the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of 12, 18 and 27?

    GCF of 12, 18 and 27 is 3

    What prime factors do 12, 18 and 27 share?

    All three factorizations contain 3, and multiplying those shared primes gives 3 — exactly the greatest common factor.

    Can you get the GCF of 12, 18 and 27 two numbers at a time?

    Yes. The GCF of 12 and 18 is 6, and the GCF of 6 and 27 is 3 — the same answer, because the greatest common factor is associative and does not depend on the order of the three numbers.

    How does the GCF simplify the ratio 12 : 18 : 27?

    Divide every term by the GCF 3: 12 ÷ 3 = 4, 18 ÷ 3 = 6 and 27 ÷ 3 = 9. So 12 : 18 : 27 in lowest terms is 4 : 6 : 9, and no whole number other than 1 divides all three of those.