Calculate the Greatest Common Factor or GCF of 72 and 3698
		Sponsors
		
		
		
		
		
	
The instructions to find the GCF of 72 and 3698 are the next:
1. Decompose all numbers into prime factors
| 72 | 2 | 
| 36 | 2 | 
| 18 | 2 | 
| 9 | 3 | 
| 3 | 3 | 
| 1 | 
| 3698 | 2 | 
| 1849 | 43 | 
| 43 | 43 | 
| 1 | 
2. Write all numbers as the product of its prime factors
| Prime factors of 72 | = | 23 . 32 | 
| Prime factors of 3698 | = | 2 . 432 | 
3. Choose the common prime factors with the lowest exponent
Common prime factors: 2
Common prime factors with the lowest exponent: 21
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 = 2
Also calculates the:
