Calculate the Greatest Common Factor or GCF of 2592
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The instructions to find the GCF of 2592 are the next:
1. Decompose all numbers into prime factors
| 2592 | 2 |
| 1296 | 2 |
| 648 | 2 |
| 324 | 2 |
| 162 | 2 |
| 81 | 3 |
| 27 | 3 |
| 9 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 1 |
2. Write all numbers as the product of its prime factors
| Prime factors of 2592 | = | 25 . 34 |
3. Choose the common prime factors with the lowest exponent
Common prime factors: 2 , 3
Common prime factors with the lowest exponent: 25, 34
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 = 25. 34 = 2592
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