Calculate the Greatest Common Factor or GCF of 52 and 1428
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The instructions to find the GCF of 52 and 1428 are the next:
1. Decompose all numbers into prime factors
| 52 | 2 | 
| 26 | 2 | 
| 13 | 13 | 
| 1 | 
| 1428 | 2 | 
| 714 | 2 | 
| 357 | 3 | 
| 119 | 7 | 
| 17 | 17 | 
| 1 | 
2. Write all numbers as the product of its prime factors
| Prime factors of 52 | = | 22 . 13 | 
| Prime factors of 1428 | = | 22 . 3 . 7 . 17 | 
3. Choose the common prime factors with the lowest exponent
Common prime factors: 2
Common prime factors with the lowest exponent: 22
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 = 22 = 4
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