Calculate the Greatest Common Factor or GCF of 568
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The instructions to find the GCF of 568 are the next:
1. Decompose all numbers into prime factors
568 | 2 |
284 | 2 |
142 | 2 |
71 | 71 |
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2. Write all numbers as the product of its prime factors
Prime factors of 568 | = | 23 . 71 |
3. Choose the common prime factors with the lowest exponent
Common prime factors: 2 , 71
Common prime factors with the lowest exponent: 23, 711
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. 711 = 568
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