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    GCF for 6, 12 and 15

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    What's the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of 6, 12 and 15?

    Answer

    GCF of 6, 12 and 15 is
    3

    Common factors: 1, 3

    3 divides all three: 6 ÷ 3 = 2, 12 ÷ 3 = 4, 15 ÷ 3 = 5 — and 2, 4 and 5 have no factor but 1 common to all of them, so no larger number divides all three.

    6 = 2 × 3

    12 = 22 × 3

    15 = 3 × 5

    Prime61215Lowest power
    2222——
    33333
    5——5—

    — = 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
    16121
    26122
    36123
    46122
    56121
    66126
    67121
    68122
    69123
    610122
    611121
    612126
    612131
    612142
    612153
    612162
    612171
    612186
    612191
    612202
    612213
    612222
    612231
    612246
    612251
    612262
    612273
    612282
    612291
    612306

    FAQ

    What's the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of 6, 12 and 15?

    GCF of 6, 12 and 15 is 3

    What prime factors do 6, 12 and 15 share?

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

    Can you get the GCF of 6, 12 and 15 two numbers at a time?

    Yes. The GCF of 6 and 12 is 6, and the GCF of 6 and 15 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 6 : 12 : 15?

    Divide every term by the GCF 3: 6 ÷ 3 = 2, 12 ÷ 3 = 4 and 15 ÷ 3 = 5. So 6 : 12 : 15 in lowest terms is 2 : 4 : 5, and no whole number other than 1 divides all three of those.