Calculate the Greatest Common Factor or GCF of 3496
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The instructions to find the GCF of 3496 are the next:
1. Decompose all numbers into prime factors
3496 | 2 |
1748 | 2 |
874 | 2 |
437 | 19 |
23 | 23 |
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2. Write all numbers as the product of its prime factors
Prime factors of 3496 | = | 23 . 19 . 23 |
3. Choose the common prime factors with the lowest exponent
Common prime factors: 2 , 19 , 23
Common prime factors with the lowest exponent: 23, 191, 231
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. 191. 231 = 3496
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