Calculate the Greatest Common Factor or GCF of 50986
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The instructions to find the GCF of 50986 are the next:
1. Decompose all numbers into prime factors
50986 | 2 |
25493 | 13 |
1961 | 37 |
53 | 53 |
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2. Write all numbers as the product of its prime factors
Prime factors of 50986 | = | 2 . 13 . 37 . 53 |
3. Choose the common prime factors with the lowest exponent
Common prime factors: 2 , 13 , 37 , 53
Common prime factors with the lowest exponent: 21, 131, 371, 531
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 = 21. 131. 371. 531 = 50986
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