What's the GCF of 3 and 5?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-16T17:55:05

See a solution process below:

Find the prime factors for each number as:

$3 = 1 \times 3$ $3 = 1 xx 3$

$5 = 1 \times 5$ $5 = 1 xx 5$

Now identify the common factors and determine the GCF:

$3 = 1 \times 3$ $3 = color(red)(1) xx 3$

$5 = 1 \times 5$ $5 = color(red)(1) xx 5$

Therefore:

$GCF = 1$ $"GCF" = color(red)(1)$