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Calculate the Greatest Common Factor or GCF of 596

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The instructions to find the GCF of 596 are the next:

1. Decompose all numbers into prime factors

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149149
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2. Write all numbers as the product of its prime factors

Prime factors of 596=22 . 149

3. Choose the common prime factors with the lowest exponent

Common prime factors: 2 , 149

Common prime factors with the lowest exponent: 22, 1491

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. 1491 = 596


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