Calculate the Greatest Common Factor or GCF of 99 and 678
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The instructions to find the GCF of 99 and 678 are the next:
1. Decompose all numbers into prime factors
99 | 3 |
33 | 3 |
11 | 11 |
1 |
678 | 2 |
339 | 3 |
113 | 113 |
1 |
2. Write all numbers as the product of its prime factors
Prime factors of 99 | = | 32 . 11 |
Prime factors of 678 | = | 2 . 3 . 113 |
3. Choose the common prime factors with the lowest exponent
Common prime factors: 3
Common prime factors with the lowest exponent: 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 = 31 = 3
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