Calculate the Greatest Common Factor or GCF of 8, 28, 84 and 108
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The instructions to find the GCF of 8, 28, 84 and 108 are the next:
1. Decompose all numbers into prime factors
| 8 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 |
| 1 |
| 28 | 2 |
| 14 | 2 |
| 7 | 7 |
| 1 |
| 84 | 2 |
| 42 | 2 |
| 21 | 3 |
| 7 | 7 |
| 1 |
| 108 | 2 |
| 54 | 2 |
| 27 | 3 |
| 9 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 1 |
2. Write all numbers as the product of its prime factors
| Prime factors of 8 | = | 23 |
| Prime factors of 28 | = | 22 . 7 |
| Prime factors of 84 | = | 22 . 3 . 7 |
| Prime factors of 108 | = | 22 . 33 |
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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