What is the Greatest Common Factor of 2522 and 2528?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 2522 and 2528 is 2.

GCF(2522,2528) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 2522 and 2528, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 2522 and 2528.

How to find the GCF of 2522 and 2528?

We will first find the prime factorization of 2522 and 2528. After we will calculate the factors of 2522 and 2528 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 2522

Prime factors of 2522 are 2, 13, 97. Prime factorization of 2522 in exponential form is:

2522 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 97¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 2528

Prime factors of 2528 are 2, 79. Prime factorization of 2528 in exponential form is:

2528 = 2⁵ × 79¹

Step-3: Factors of 2522

List of positive integer factors of 2522 that divides 2522 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 97, 194, 1261

Step-4: Factors of 2528

List of positive integer factors of 2528 that divides 2522 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 79, 158, 316, 632, 1264

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 2522 and 2528. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 2522 and 2528 is 2.

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