Calculate the Greatest Common Factor or GCF of 52 and 2558
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The instructions to find the GCF of 52 and 2558 are the next:
1. Decompose all numbers into prime factors
| 52 | 2 | 
| 26 | 2 | 
| 13 | 13 | 
| 1 | 
| 2558 | 2 | 
| 1279 | 1279 | 
| 1 | 
2. Write all numbers as the product of its prime factors
| Prime factors of 52 | = | 22 . 13 | 
| Prime factors of 2558 | = | 2 . 1279 | 
3. Choose the common prime factors with the lowest exponent
Common prime factors: 2
Common prime factors with the lowest exponent: 21
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 = 21 = 2
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