SOLUTION: how do you find the greatest common factor of 36,48,50 how do you use a prime number in a GCF

Question 177261: how do you find the greatest common factor of 36,48,50
how do you use a prime number in a GCF
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

First, list the prime factorization of each number. If you need help with prime factorization, check out this solver.

36: 2*2*3*3

48: 2*2*2*2*3

50: 2*5*5

Now highlight the factors that all three numbers share in common:

36: 2*2*3*3

48: 2*2*2*2*3

50: 2*5*5

Since 36, 48, and 50 have the number 2 in common, this means that the GCF is 2.

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So the greatest common factor (GCF) of the numbers 36,48, and 50 is 2.
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