Calculate the Greatest Common Factor or GCF of 3584
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The instructions to find the GCF of 3584 are the next:
1. Decompose all numbers into prime factors
| 3584 | 2 |
| 1792 | 2 |
| 896 | 2 |
| 448 | 2 |
| 224 | 2 |
| 112 | 2 |
| 56 | 2 |
| 28 | 2 |
| 14 | 2 |
| 7 | 7 |
| 1 |
2. Write all numbers as the product of its prime factors
| Prime factors of 3584 | = | 29 . 7 |
3. Choose the common prime factors with the lowest exponent
Common prime factors: 2 , 7
Common prime factors with the lowest exponent: 29, 71
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 = 29. 71 = 3584
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