What is the GCF of 5y + 30?
none. There is only one value.
Now, if you want the GCF of 5y, 30
the only common factor is 5.
To find the greatest common factor (GCF) of 5y + 30, we need to factor out any common factors from both terms.
Let's first look for common factors between 5y and 30. We notice that both terms are divisible by 5, so we can rewrite 5y + 30 as 5(y + 6).
Now, we can see that the common factor between the two terms is 5. Therefore, the GCF of 5y + 30 is 5.
If you're not able to see the common factor right away, you can systematically factor out the common factors of each term until no more common factors can be found. In this case, we could also have factored out a common factor of 5 from both terms, resulting in 5(y + 6). Either approach will give you the correct answer.