Calculate the Greatest Common Factor or GCF of 72 and 3200
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The instructions to find the GCF of 72 and 3200 are the next:
1. Decompose all numbers into prime factors
| 72 | 2 |
| 36 | 2 |
| 18 | 2 |
| 9 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 1 |
| 3200 | 2 |
| 1600 | 2 |
| 800 | 2 |
| 400 | 2 |
| 200 | 2 |
| 100 | 2 |
| 50 | 2 |
| 25 | 5 |
| 5 | 5 |
| 1 |
2. Write all numbers as the product of its prime factors
| Prime factors of 72 | = | 23 . 32 |
| Prime factors of 3200 | = | 27 . 52 |
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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