Calculate the Greatest Common Factor or GCF of 16, 168 and 266
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The instructions to find the GCF of 16, 168 and 266 are the next:
1. Decompose all numbers into prime factors
| 16 | 2 |
| 8 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 |
| 1 |
| 168 | 2 |
| 84 | 2 |
| 42 | 2 |
| 21 | 3 |
| 7 | 7 |
| 1 |
| 266 | 2 |
| 133 | 7 |
| 19 | 19 |
| 1 |
2. Write all numbers as the product of its prime factors
| Prime factors of 16 | = | 24 |
| Prime factors of 168 | = | 23 . 3 . 7 |
| Prime factors of 266 | = | 2 . 7 . 19 |
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
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