The HCF of any two consecutive numbers is 1.
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Any two consecutive numbers are co-prime numbers as they won't have any factors other than 1.
Hence the HCF of any two consecutive numbers is 1.
Question 26 Which of the following statements is not true? (A) The HCF of two distinct prime numbers is 1 (B) The HCF of two co-prime numbers is 1 (C) The HCF of two consecutive even numbers is 2 (D) The HCF of an even and an odd number is even.
Question 2 (a)
What is the HCF of two consecutive numbers?