What is the Greatest Common Factor of 51280 and 51284?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 51280 and 51284 is 4.

GCF(51280,51284) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 51280 and 51284, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 51280 and 51284.

How to find the GCF of 51280 and 51284?

We will first find the prime factorization of 51280 and 51284. After we will calculate the factors of 51280 and 51284 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 51284

Prime factors of 51284 are 2, 12821. Prime factorization of 51284 in exponential form is:

51284 = 2² × 12821¹

Step-3: Factors of 51280

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 51284

List of positive integer factors of 51284 that divides 51280 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 12821, 25642

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 51280 and 51284. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 51280 and 51284 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 51280 and 51284