Calculate the Greatest Common Factor or GCF of 135 and 4450
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The instructions to find the GCF of 135 and 4450 are the next:
1. Decompose all numbers into prime factors
| 135 | 3 |
| 45 | 3 |
| 15 | 3 |
| 5 | 5 |
| 1 |
| 4450 | 2 |
| 2225 | 5 |
| 445 | 5 |
| 89 | 89 |
| 1 |
2. Write all numbers as the product of its prime factors
| Prime factors of 135 | = | 33 . 5 |
| Prime factors of 4450 | = | 2 . 52 . 89 |
3. Choose the common prime factors with the lowest exponent
Common prime factors: 5
Common prime factors with the lowest exponent: 51
4. Calculate the Greatest Common Factor or GCF
Remember, to find the GCF of several numbers you must multiply the common prime factors with the lowest exponent.
GCF = 51 = 5
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