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How Do You Find the Greatest Common Factor of Two Numbers Using Prime Factorization? Instructional VideoHow Do You Find the Greatest Common Factor of Two Numbers Using Prime Factorization? Instructional Video
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How Do You Find the Greatest Common Factor of Two Numbers Using Prime Factorization?

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Here's a quick review on how to use a prime factor tree to find the greatest common factor of two numbers. This is one of the simplest ways to find the greatest common factor. So watch this video to get a refresher on how to do prime factorization.

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Grade
6th - 8th
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Math
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2:15
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