Calculate the Greatest Common Factor or GCF of 3591
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The instructions to find the GCF of 3591 are the next:
1. Decompose all numbers into prime factors
| 3591 | 3 |
| 1197 | 3 |
| 399 | 3 |
| 133 | 7 |
| 19 | 19 |
| 1 |
2. Write all numbers as the product of its prime factors
| Prime factors of 3591 | = | 33 . 7 . 19 |
3. Choose the common prime factors with the lowest exponent
Common prime factors: 3 , 7 , 19
Common prime factors with the lowest exponent: 33, 71, 191
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 = 33. 71. 191 = 3591
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