Calculate the Greatest Common Factor or GCF of 936
Sponsors
The instructions to find the GCF of 936 are the next:
1. Decompose all numbers into prime factors
936 | 2 |
468 | 2 |
234 | 2 |
117 | 3 |
39 | 3 |
13 | 13 |
1 |
2. Write all numbers as the product of its prime factors
Prime factors of 936 | = | 23 . 32 . 13 |
3. Choose the common prime factors with the lowest exponent
Common prime factors: 2 , 3 , 13
Common prime factors with the lowest exponent: 23, 32, 131
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. 32. 131 = 936
Also calculates the: