What is the Greatest Common Factor of 51491 and 51502?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 51491 and 51502 is 11.

GCF(51491,51502) = 11

We will now calculate the prime factors of 51491 and 51502, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 51491 and 51502.

How to find the GCF of 51491 and 51502?

We will first find the prime factorization of 51491 and 51502. After we will calculate the factors of 51491 and 51502 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 51491

Prime factors of 51491 are 11, 31, 151. Prime factorization of 51491 in exponential form is:

51491 = 11¹ × 31¹ × 151¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 51502

Prime factors of 51502 are 2, 11, 2341. Prime factorization of 51502 in exponential form is:

51502 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 2341¹

Step-3: Factors of 51491

List of positive integer factors of 51491 that divides 51491 without a remainder.

1, 11, 31, 151, 341, 1661, 4681

Step-4: Factors of 51502

List of positive integer factors of 51502 that divides 51491 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 2341, 4682, 25751

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 51491 and 51502. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 51491 and 51502 is 11.

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