Calculate the Greatest Common Factor or GCF of 1416
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The instructions to find the GCF of 1416 are the next:
1. Decompose all numbers into prime factors
| 1416 | 2 |
| 708 | 2 |
| 354 | 2 |
| 177 | 3 |
| 59 | 59 |
| 1 |
2. Write all numbers as the product of its prime factors
| Prime factors of 1416 | = | 23 . 3 . 59 |
3. Choose the common prime factors with the lowest exponent
Common prime factors: 2 , 3 , 59
Common prime factors with the lowest exponent: 23, 31, 591
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 = 23. 31. 591 = 1416
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