Calculate the Greatest Common Factor or GCF of 1436
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The instructions to find the GCF of 1436 are the next:
1. Decompose all numbers into prime factors
1436 | 2 |
718 | 2 |
359 | 359 |
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2. Write all numbers as the product of its prime factors
Prime factors of 1436 | = | 22 . 359 |
3. Choose the common prime factors with the lowest exponent
Common prime factors: 2 , 359
Common prime factors with the lowest exponent: 22, 3591
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 = 22. 3591 = 1436
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