Calculate the Greatest Common Factor or GCF of 2232
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The instructions to find the GCF of 2232 are the next:
1. Decompose all numbers into prime factors
| 2232 | 2 |
| 1116 | 2 |
| 558 | 2 |
| 279 | 3 |
| 93 | 3 |
| 31 | 31 |
| 1 |
2. Write all numbers as the product of its prime factors
| Prime factors of 2232 | = | 23 . 32 . 31 |
3. Choose the common prime factors with the lowest exponent
Common prime factors: 2 , 3 , 31
Common prime factors with the lowest exponent: 23, 32, 311
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. 32. 311 = 2232
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