Calculate the Greatest Common Factor or GCF of 1492
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The instructions to find the GCF of 1492 are the next:
1. Decompose all numbers into prime factors
1492 | 2 |
746 | 2 |
373 | 373 |
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2. Write all numbers as the product of its prime factors
Prime factors of 1492 | = | 22 . 373 |
3. Choose the common prime factors with the lowest exponent
Common prime factors: 2 , 373
Common prime factors with the lowest exponent: 22, 3731
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. 3731 = 1492
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