Calculate the Greatest Common Factor or GCF of 501
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The instructions to find the GCF of 501 are the next:
1. Decompose all numbers into prime factors
501 | 3 |
167 | 167 |
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2. Write all numbers as the product of its prime factors
Prime factors of 501 | = | 3 . 167 |
3. Choose the common prime factors with the lowest exponent
Common prime factors: 3 , 167
Common prime factors with the lowest exponent: 31, 1671
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 = 31. 1671 = 501
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