What is the HCF of two consecutive
(a) numbers? (b) even numbers? (c) odd numbers?
Answer (a)
1 is the H.C.F of two consecutive numbers. We can take different examples to check this.
Let’s take two examples.
1 is the H.C.F for numbers 4 and 5.
1 is the H.C.F for numbers 10 and 11.
Answer (b)
2 is the H.C.F of two consecutive even numbers. We can take different examples to check this.
Let’s take two examples.
2 is the H.C.F for numbers 4 and 6 because 2 is the only common prime factor for both 4 and 6.
2 is the H.C.F for numbers 10 and 12 because 2 is the only common prime factor for both 10 and 12.
Answer (c)
1 is the H.CF of two consecutive odd numbers. We can take different examples to check this.
Let’s take two examples.
1 is the H.C.F for numbers 3 and 5.
1 is the H.C.F for numbers 11 and 13.
Vikalp Ameta says
This is not a proper question because 1 is its answer and 1 is not a prime or not a composite it is a special number
Yashasvi Awasthi says
Yes👍
You are 💯right Vikalp
Dhanya says
Nice
Vinay Kumar G says
Your 💯 yes