Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

common factor

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.56 in modern English

Syllables: com-mon -fac-tor
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A number that can divide two different numbers, without leaving a remainder.

Example Sentences

"10 and 20 have a common factor of 2 because they are both even, and a greatest common factor of 10."

Inflected Forms

common factors (plural)

Synonyms

common divisor common measure

Questions

What does common factor mean?: A number that can divide two different numbers, without leaving a remainder.

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