Calculate the Greatest Common Factor or GCF of 40000
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The instructions to find the GCF of 40000 are the next:
1. Decompose all numbers into prime factors
40000 | 2 |
20000 | 2 |
10000 | 2 |
5000 | 2 |
2500 | 2 |
1250 | 2 |
625 | 5 |
125 | 5 |
25 | 5 |
5 | 5 |
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2. Write all numbers as the product of its prime factors
Prime factors of 40000 | = | 26 . 54 |
3. Choose the common prime factors with the lowest exponent
Common prime factors: 2 , 5
Common prime factors with the lowest exponent: 26, 54
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 = 26. 54 = 40000
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