Calculate the Greatest Common Factor or GCF of 1688
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The instructions to find the GCF of 1688 are the next:
1. Decompose all numbers into prime factors
1688 | 2 |
844 | 2 |
422 | 2 |
211 | 211 |
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2. Write all numbers as the product of its prime factors
Prime factors of 1688 | = | 23 . 211 |
3. Choose the common prime factors with the lowest exponent
Common prime factors: 2 , 211
Common prime factors with the lowest exponent: 23, 2111
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. 2111 = 1688
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