Calculate the Greatest Common Factor or GCF of 50836
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The instructions to find the GCF of 50836 are the next:
1. Decompose all numbers into prime factors
50836 | 2 |
25418 | 2 |
12709 | 71 |
179 | 179 |
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2. Write all numbers as the product of its prime factors
Prime factors of 50836 | = | 22 . 71 . 179 |
3. Choose the common prime factors with the lowest exponent
Common prime factors: 2 , 71 , 179
Common prime factors with the lowest exponent: 22, 711, 1791
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 = 22. 711. 1791 = 50836
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