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Apply the distributive property to factor out the greatest common factor and find the other sum. No spaces please.

16 + 24

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List the factor of 16:

1 , 2 , 4 , 8 , 16

List the factors of 24:

1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 6 , 8 , 12

The GCF is 8

16 + 24 = 8 ∙ 2 + 8 ∙ 3 = 8 ( 2 + 3 )
List the factors of 24:

1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 6 , 8 , 12 , 24