Calculate the Greatest Common Factor or GCF of 147 and 462
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The instructions to find the GCF of 147 and 462 are the next:
1. Decompose all numbers into prime factors
| 147 | 3 |
| 49 | 7 |
| 7 | 7 |
| 1 |
| 462 | 2 |
| 231 | 3 |
| 77 | 7 |
| 11 | 11 |
| 1 |
2. Write all numbers as the product of its prime factors
| Prime factors of 147 | = | 3 . 72 |
| Prime factors of 462 | = | 2 . 3 . 7 . 11 |
3. Choose the common prime factors with the lowest exponent
Common prime factors: 3 , 7
Common prime factors with the lowest exponent: 31, 71
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 = 31. 71 = 21
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