The number 525 and 3000 are both divisible only by 3. 5, 15, 25 and 75 what is HCF (525, 3000)? Justify your answer.
The highest common divisor of any two numbers is called HCF.
Here 75 is the highest common divisor.
We can also find HCF:
Applying Euclid’s division algorithm on 525 and 3000 we get
Hence 75 is the HCF of numbers 525 and 3000