What is the Greatest Common Factor of 51268 and 51280?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 51268 and 51280 is 4.

GCF(51268,51280) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 51268 and 51280, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 51268 and 51280.

How to find the GCF of 51268 and 51280?

We will first find the prime factorization of 51268 and 51280. After we will calculate the factors of 51268 and 51280 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 51268

Prime factors of 51268 are 2, 7, 1831. Prime factorization of 51268 in exponential form is:

51268 = 2² × 7¹ × 1831¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 51280

Prime factors of 51280 are 2, 5, 641. Prime factorization of 51280 in exponential form is:

51280 = 2⁴ × 5¹ × 641¹

Step-3: Factors of 51268

List of positive integer factors of 51268 that divides 51268 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28, 1831, 3662, 7324, 12817, 25634

Step-4: Factors of 51280

List of positive integer factors of 51280 that divides 51268 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 40, 80, 641, 1282, 2564, 3205, 5128, 6410, 10256, 12820, 25640

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 51268 and 51280. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 51268 and 51280 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 51268 and 51280