What is the Greatest Common Factor of 51342 and 51358?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 51342 and 51358 is 2.

GCF(51342,51358) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 51342 and 51358, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 51342 and 51358.

How to find the GCF of 51342 and 51358?

We will first find the prime factorization of 51342 and 51358. After we will calculate the factors of 51342 and 51358 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 51342

Prime factors of 51342 are 2, 3, 43, 199. Prime factorization of 51342 in exponential form is:

51342 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 43¹ × 199¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 51358

Prime factors of 51358 are 2, 25679. Prime factorization of 51358 in exponential form is:

51358 = 2¹ × 25679¹

Step-3: Factors of 51342

List of positive integer factors of 51342 that divides 51342 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 43, 86, 129, 199, 258, 398, 597, 1194, 8557, 17114, 25671

Step-4: Factors of 51358

List of positive integer factors of 51358 that divides 51342 without a remainder.

1, 2, 25679

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 51342 and 51358. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 51342 and 51358 is 2.

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