Calculate the Greatest Common Factor or GCF of 50940
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The instructions to find the GCF of 50940 are the next:
1. Decompose all numbers into prime factors
50940 | 2 |
25470 | 2 |
12735 | 3 |
4245 | 3 |
1415 | 5 |
283 | 283 |
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2. Write all numbers as the product of its prime factors
Prime factors of 50940 | = | 22 . 32 . 5 . 283 |
3. Choose the common prime factors with the lowest exponent
Common prime factors: 2 , 3 , 5 , 283
Common prime factors with the lowest exponent: 22, 32, 51, 2831
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. 32. 51. 2831 = 50940
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