... factors of 24 = 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, and 24.The factors of 18 = 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, and 18. From the examples above, you can see that the common factors of 24 and 18 are 1, 2, 3, and 6. From this ... factor of 24 and 18 is 6. Determining the greatest commonfactor (GCF) is useful for simplifying fractions.ExampleSimplify ᎏ1260ᎏ.The factors of 16 are 1, 2, 4, 8, and 16. The factors of ... number 35 is, therefore, a multiple of the number 5 and of the number 7. Other multiples of 5 are 5,10, 15, 20, etc. Other multiples of 7 are 7, 14, 21, 28, etc.– THEA MATH REVIEW–95Example–2...