Directorate of education, GNCT of Delhi
Class: X Subject: Mathematics Dated: 8 July,2020
Student’s Name:……………….. Worksheet no. 2 Teacher’s Name:……………………
Fundamental theorem of Arithmetic
Fundamental theorem of Arithmetic :
Every composite number can be expressed
Factor Tree: …… Remember……In your early as product of prime numbers and this
classes, you draw factor tree for small factorisation is unique apart from the order
numbers…..Now, we will learn to draw factor tree for in which the prime factor occurs.
larger numbers…..
15480
2 7740
Lets learn to find HCF and LCM of
two numbers with the help of
2 3870
Fundamental theorem of Arithmetic
2 1935
3 645
Find HCF and LCM of 8 and 60.
3 215
8=2X2X2=2
60 = 2 X 2 X 3 X 5 = 2 X 3 X 5
5 43 HCF = 2 = 4
LCM = 2 X 3 X 5 = 120
We observed that
15480= 2 X 2 X 2 X 3 X 3 X 5 X 43
15480 = 2 X 3 X 5 X 43
Product of the greatest power of each
prime factor
Product of the smallest power of each
common prime factor
For any two positive integers a and b
HCF (a, b) X LCM (a, b) = a X b
Now you try these
• Express 32760 as a product of prime factors.
• Find HCF and LCM of following by prime factorization method :
(i) 15 and12 (ii) 18 and 45
• If LCM (320, 120) = 960 then find HCF(320, 120).
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