Question: what are the greatest common factor of 6 and 5?
Answer: The factors of 5 are 5, 1., The factors of 6 are 6, 3, 2, 1., The common factors of 5 and 6 are 1, intersecting the two sets above., In the intersection factors of 5 ∩ factors of 6 the greatest element is 1., Therefore, the greatest common factor of 5 and 6 is 1.