Calculate the Greatest Common Factor or GCF of 180 and 304
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The instructions to find the GCF of 180 and 304 are the next:
1. Decompose all numbers into prime factors
| 180 | 2 |
| 90 | 2 |
| 45 | 3 |
| 15 | 3 |
| 5 | 5 |
| 1 |
| 304 | 2 |
| 152 | 2 |
| 76 | 2 |
| 38 | 2 |
| 19 | 19 |
| 1 |
2. Write all numbers as the product of its prime factors
| Prime factors of 180 | = | 22 . 32 . 5 |
| Prime factors of 304 | = | 24 . 19 |
3. Choose the common prime factors with the lowest exponent
Common prime factors: 2
Common prime factors with the lowest exponent: 22
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 = 4
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