Chong Ka Shing's answer to DumbFungus's Secondary 1 Maths Singapore question.

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Chong Ka Shing
Chong Ka Shing's answer
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Breakdown 42 and 56 into their prime notation respectively.

42 = 2 * 3 * 7
56 = 2 * 2 * 2 * 7

As you can see, 2 and 7 are common prime factors of 42 and 56. Hence HCF = 2 * 7 = 14.