Find the HCF of 16 and 36.
4
The largest or greatest factor common to any two or more numbers is termed as H.C.F of the given numbers.
The factors of 16 are 1, 2, 4, 8 and 16.
The factors of 36 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 18 and 36.
The largest factor common to the given numbers is 4.
∴ H.C.F of 16 and 36 = 4