Calculate the Greatest Common Factor or GCF of 3168
Sponsors
The instructions to find the GCF of 3168 are the next:
1. Decompose all numbers into prime factors
3168 | 2 |
1584 | 2 |
792 | 2 |
396 | 2 |
198 | 2 |
99 | 3 |
33 | 3 |
11 | 11 |
1 |
2. Write all numbers as the product of its prime factors
Prime factors of 3168 | = | 25 . 32 . 11 |
3. Choose the common prime factors with the lowest exponent
Common prime factors: 2 , 3 , 11
Common prime factors with the lowest exponent: 25, 32, 111
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. 32. 111 = 3168
Also calculates the: