Calculate the Greatest Common Factor or GCF of 8, 16 and 100
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The instructions to find the GCF of 8, 16 and 100 are the next:
1. Decompose all numbers into prime factors
| 8 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 |
| 1 |
| 16 | 2 |
| 8 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 |
| 1 |
| 100 | 2 |
| 50 | 2 |
| 25 | 5 |
| 5 | 5 |
| 1 |
2. Write all numbers as the product of its prime factors
| Prime factors of 8 | = | 23 |
| Prime factors of 16 | = | 24 |
| Prime factors of 100 | = | 22 . 52 |
3. Choose the common prime factors with the lowest exponent
Common prime factors: 2
Common prime factors with the lowest exponent: 22
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 = 4
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