Calculate the Greatest Common Factor or GCF of 50, 80 and 140
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The instructions to find the GCF of 50, 80 and 140 are the next:
1. Decompose all numbers into prime factors
| 50 | 2 |
| 25 | 5 |
| 5 | 5 |
| 1 |
| 80 | 2 |
| 40 | 2 |
| 20 | 2 |
| 10 | 2 |
| 5 | 5 |
| 1 |
| 140 | 2 |
| 70 | 2 |
| 35 | 5 |
| 7 | 7 |
| 1 |
2. Write all numbers as the product of its prime factors
| Prime factors of 50 | = | 2 . 52 |
| Prime factors of 80 | = | 24 . 5 |
| Prime factors of 140 | = | 22 . 5 . 7 |
3. Choose the common prime factors with the lowest exponent
Common prime factors: 2 , 5
Common prime factors with the lowest exponent: 21, 51
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. 51 = 10
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