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