Calculate the Greatest Common Factor or GCF of 3488
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The instructions to find the GCF of 3488 are the next:
1. Decompose all numbers into prime factors
3488 | 2 |
1744 | 2 |
872 | 2 |
436 | 2 |
218 | 2 |
109 | 109 |
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2. Write all numbers as the product of its prime factors
Prime factors of 3488 | = | 25 . 109 |
3. Choose the common prime factors with the lowest exponent
Common prime factors: 2 , 109
Common prime factors with the lowest exponent: 25, 1091
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. 1091 = 3488
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