1. GCF: Greatest Common Factor
Ladder Method
18 & & 54

2. UTry:
GCF
48 & & 27

3. Examples:
GCF
9 & & & 20

4. Examples:
GCF
7 & & 44

5. Examples:
GCF
12 , 16 & , 15 & 36

6. Word Problem:
Two students are having a party. They want to make treat 
bags for their guests. They want each bag to be identical 
with nothing left over. They have 54 Silly Bands and 72 
pieces of chewing gum to put in the bags. What is the 
greatest number of goody bags they can make and how many 
of each item will be in each treat bag?

7. Distributive Property (15 + 27) = 3 ( 5 + 9 )
( ) = 3 ( )
Ex 1: ( ) = _______________
Ex 2: ( ) = _______________

8. Distributive Property
UTry:
Distributive Property
= ____________ = ________________

9. Homework
*Copy ALL First*
GCF:
& & 63  & 25
, 27 , & 36
Show the Distributive Property (Answers may vary)