Question

Find HCF:
$12,18$ and $24$.

Answer 1

Factorization of the following.

$12=1\times 2\times 2\times 3$

$18=1\times 2\times 3\times 3$

$24=1\times 2\times 3\times 4$

Hence,The common factor is $1,2,3$. This implies that

$HCF=(1\times 2\times 3)=6$