Calculate the Greatest Common Factor or GCF of 51120
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The instructions to find the GCF of 51120 are the next:
1. Decompose all numbers into prime factors
| 51120 | 2 |
| 25560 | 2 |
| 12780 | 2 |
| 6390 | 2 |
| 3195 | 3 |
| 1065 | 3 |
| 355 | 5 |
| 71 | 71 |
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2. Write all numbers as the product of its prime factors
| Prime factors of 51120 | = | 24 . 32 . 5 . 71 |
3. Choose the common prime factors with the lowest exponent
Common prime factors: 2 , 3 , 5 , 71
Common prime factors with the lowest exponent: 24, 32, 51, 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 = 24. 32. 51. 711 = 51120
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