Calculate the Greatest Common Factor or GCF of 24, 40 and 480
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The instructions to find the GCF of 24, 40 and 480 are the next:
1. Decompose all numbers into prime factors
| 24 | 2 |
| 12 | 2 |
| 6 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 1 |
| 40 | 2 |
| 20 | 2 |
| 10 | 2 |
| 5 | 5 |
| 1 |
| 480 | 2 |
| 240 | 2 |
| 120 | 2 |
| 60 | 2 |
| 30 | 2 |
| 15 | 3 |
| 5 | 5 |
| 1 |
2. Write all numbers as the product of its prime factors
| Prime factors of 24 | = | 23 . 3 |
| Prime factors of 40 | = | 23 . 5 |
| Prime factors of 480 | = | 25 . 3 . 5 |
3. Choose the common prime factors with the lowest exponent
Common prime factors: 2
Common prime factors with the lowest exponent: 23
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 = 8
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