What is the HCF of 52 and 96?

Answer 1

To find the HCF of two numbers you first need to write them as the product of their prime factors:

52 = 2x2x13

96 = 2x2x2x2x2x3

The next step is to identify any common prime factors. In this case, both numbers have two 2s as prime factors. Multiply these and you get:

2x2 = 4

Thus the HCF of 52 and 96 is 4.