Calculate the Greatest Common Factor or GCF of 1996
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The instructions to find the GCF of 1996 are the next:
1. Decompose all numbers into prime factors
1996 | 2 |
998 | 2 |
499 | 499 |
1 |
2. Write all numbers as the product of its prime factors
Prime factors of 1996 | = | 22 . 499 |
3. Choose the common prime factors with the lowest exponent
Common prime factors: 2 , 499
Common prime factors with the lowest exponent: 22, 4991
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. 4991 = 1996
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