Calculate the Greatest Common Factor or GCF of 17956
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The instructions to find the GCF of 17956 are the next:
1. Decompose all numbers into prime factors
| 17956 | 2 |
| 8978 | 2 |
| 4489 | 67 |
| 67 | 67 |
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2. Write all numbers as the product of its prime factors
| Prime factors of 17956 | = | 22 . 672 |
3. Choose the common prime factors with the lowest exponent
Common prime factors: 2 , 67
Common prime factors with the lowest exponent: 22, 672
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. 672 = 17956
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