Calculate the Greatest Common Factor or GCF of 50949
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The instructions to find the GCF of 50949 are the next:
1. Decompose all numbers into prime factors
| 50949 | 3 |
| 16983 | 3 |
| 5661 | 3 |
| 1887 | 3 |
| 629 | 17 |
| 37 | 37 |
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2. Write all numbers as the product of its prime factors
| Prime factors of 50949 | = | 34 . 17 . 37 |
3. Choose the common prime factors with the lowest exponent
Common prime factors: 3 , 17 , 37
Common prime factors with the lowest exponent: 34, 171, 371
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 = 34. 171. 371 = 50949
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