The highest common factor (HCF) is found by identifying all common factors of two numbers and selecting the largest one. For example, 8 and 12 have common factors of 1, 2 and 4. The highest common ...

A number can have several factors. Example: 1, 2, 5 and 10 are the factors of 10.. ... for example, the highest common factor of 24 and 36 is 12. of \(4x\) and 16 is 4.