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    GCF for 12, 21 and 30

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    What's the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of 12, 21 and 30?

    Answer

    GCF of 12, 21 and 30 is
    3

    Common factors: 1, 3

    3 divides all three: 12 ÷ 3 = 4, 21 ÷ 3 = 7, 30 ÷ 3 = 10 — and 4, 7 and 10 have no factor but 1 common to all of them, so no larger number divides all three.

    12 = 22 × 3

    21 = 3 × 7

    30 = 2 × 3 × 5

    Prime122130Lowest power
    222—2—
    33333
    5——5—
    7—7——

    — = 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
    1215213
    1216211
    1217211
    1218213
    1219211
    1220211
    1221213
    1221221
    1221231
    1221243
    1221251
    1221261
    1221273
    1221281
    1221291
    1221303
    1221311
    1221321
    1221333
    1221341
    1221351
    1221363
    1221371
    1221381
    1221393
    1221401
    1221411
    1221423
    1221431
    1221441

    FAQ

    What's the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of 12, 21 and 30?

    GCF of 12, 21 and 30 is 3

    What prime factors do 12, 21 and 30 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, 21 and 30 two numbers at a time?

    Yes. The GCF of 12 and 21 is 3, and the GCF of 3 and 30 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 : 21 : 30?

    Divide every term by the GCF 3: 12 ÷ 3 = 4, 21 ÷ 3 = 7 and 30 ÷ 3 = 10. So 12 : 21 : 30 in lowest terms is 4 : 7 : 10, and no whole number other than 1 divides all three of those.