Calculate the Greatest Common Factor or GCF of 3048
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The instructions to find the GCF of 3048 are the next:
1. Decompose all numbers into prime factors
3048 | 2 |
1524 | 2 |
762 | 2 |
381 | 3 |
127 | 127 |
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2. Write all numbers as the product of its prime factors
Prime factors of 3048 | = | 23 . 3 . 127 |
3. Choose the common prime factors with the lowest exponent
Common prime factors: 2 , 3 , 127
Common prime factors with the lowest exponent: 23, 31, 1271
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. 31. 1271 = 3048
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