What is the Greatest Common Factor of 51230 and 51238?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 51230 and 51238 is 2.

GCF(51230,51238) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 51230 and 51238, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 51230 and 51238.

How to find the GCF of 51230 and 51238?

We will first find the prime factorization of 51230 and 51238. After we will calculate the factors of 51230 and 51238 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 51230

Prime factors of 51230 are 2, 5, 47, 109. Prime factorization of 51230 in exponential form is:

51230 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 47¹ × 109¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 51238

Prime factors of 51238 are 2, 11, 17, 137. Prime factorization of 51238 in exponential form is:

51238 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 17¹ × 137¹

Step-3: Factors of 51230

List of positive integer factors of 51230 that divides 51230 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 47, 94, 109, 218, 235, 470, 545, 1090, 5123, 10246, 25615

Step-4: Factors of 51238

List of positive integer factors of 51238 that divides 51230 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 17, 22, 34, 137, 187, 274, 374, 1507, 2329, 3014, 4658, 25619

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 51230 and 51238. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 51230 and 51238 is 2.

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