Calculate the Greatest Common Factor or GCF of 32, 40, 56 and 68
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The instructions to find the GCF of 32, 40, 56 and 68 are the next:
1. Decompose all numbers into prime factors
| 32 | 2 |
| 16 | 2 |
| 8 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 |
| 1 |
| 40 | 2 |
| 20 | 2 |
| 10 | 2 |
| 5 | 5 |
| 1 |
| 56 | 2 |
| 28 | 2 |
| 14 | 2 |
| 7 | 7 |
| 1 |
| 68 | 2 |
| 34 | 2 |
| 17 | 17 |
| 1 |
2. Write all numbers as the product of its prime factors
| Prime factors of 32 | = | 25 |
| Prime factors of 40 | = | 23 . 5 |
| Prime factors of 56 | = | 23 . 7 |
| Prime factors of 68 | = | 22 . 17 |
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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