Calculate the Greatest Common Factor or GCF of 592 and 1000
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The instructions to find the GCF of 592 and 1000 are the next:
1. Decompose all numbers into prime factors
| 592 | 2 |
| 296 | 2 |
| 148 | 2 |
| 74 | 2 |
| 37 | 37 |
| 1 |
| 1000 | 2 |
| 500 | 2 |
| 250 | 2 |
| 125 | 5 |
| 25 | 5 |
| 5 | 5 |
| 1 |
2. Write all numbers as the product of its prime factors
| Prime factors of 592 | = | 24 . 37 |
| Prime factors of 1000 | = | 23 . 53 |
3. Choose the common prime factors with the lowest exponent
Common prime factors: 2
Common prime factors with the lowest exponent: 23
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 = 8
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