Calculate the Greatest Common Factor or GCF of 72 and 3354
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The instructions to find the GCF of 72 and 3354 are the next:
1. Decompose all numbers into prime factors
72 | 2 |
36 | 2 |
18 | 2 |
9 | 3 |
3 | 3 |
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3354 | 2 |
1677 | 3 |
559 | 13 |
43 | 43 |
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2. Write all numbers as the product of its prime factors
Prime factors of 72 | = | 23 . 32 |
Prime factors of 3354 | = | 2 . 3 . 13 . 43 |
3. Choose the common prime factors with the lowest exponent
Common prime factors: 2 , 3
Common prime factors with the lowest exponent: 21, 31
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. 31 = 6
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