Calculate the Greatest Common Factor or GCF of 398
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The instructions to find the GCF of 398 are the next:
1. Decompose all numbers into prime factors
398 | 2 |
199 | 199 |
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2. Write all numbers as the product of its prime factors
Prime factors of 398 | = | 2 . 199 |
3. Choose the common prime factors with the lowest exponent
Common prime factors: 2 , 199
Common prime factors with the lowest exponent: 21, 1991
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 = 21. 1991 = 398
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