Calculate the Greatest Common Factor or GCF of 50, 160 and 400
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The instructions to find the GCF of 50, 160 and 400 are the next:
1. Decompose all numbers into prime factors
| 50 | 2 |
| 25 | 5 |
| 5 | 5 |
| 1 |
| 160 | 2 |
| 80 | 2 |
| 40 | 2 |
| 20 | 2 |
| 10 | 2 |
| 5 | 5 |
| 1 |
| 400 | 2 |
| 200 | 2 |
| 100 | 2 |
| 50 | 2 |
| 25 | 5 |
| 5 | 5 |
| 1 |
2. Write all numbers as the product of its prime factors
| Prime factors of 50 | = | 2 . 52 |
| Prime factors of 160 | = | 25 . 5 |
| Prime factors of 400 | = | 24 . 52 |
3. Choose the common prime factors with the lowest exponent
Common prime factors: 2 , 5
Common prime factors with the lowest exponent: 21, 51
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. 51 = 10
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