Calculate the Greatest Common Factor or GCF of 50600
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The instructions to find the GCF of 50600 are the next:
1. Decompose all numbers into prime factors
50600 | 2 |
25300 | 2 |
12650 | 2 |
6325 | 5 |
1265 | 5 |
253 | 11 |
23 | 23 |
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2. Write all numbers as the product of its prime factors
Prime factors of 50600 | = | 23 . 52 . 11 . 23 |
3. Choose the common prime factors with the lowest exponent
Common prime factors: 2 , 5 , 11 , 23
Common prime factors with the lowest exponent: 23, 52, 111, 231
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 = 23. 52. 111. 231 = 50600
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