What is the Greatest Common Factor of 51508 and 51516?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 51508 and 51516 is 4.

GCF(51508,51516) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 51508 and 51516, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 51508 and 51516.

How to find the GCF of 51508 and 51516?

We will first find the prime factorization of 51508 and 51516. After we will calculate the factors of 51508 and 51516 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 51508

Prime factors of 51508 are 2, 79, 163. Prime factorization of 51508 in exponential form is:

51508 = 2² × 79¹ × 163¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 51516

Prime factors of 51516 are 2, 3, 53. Prime factorization of 51516 in exponential form is:

51516 = 2² × 3⁵ × 53¹

Step-3: Factors of 51508

List of positive integer factors of 51508 that divides 51508 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 79, 158, 163, 316, 326, 652, 12877, 25754

Step-4: Factors of 51516

List of positive integer factors of 51516 that divides 51508 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 27, 36, 53, 54, 81, 106, 108, 159, 162, 212, 243, 318, 324, 477, 486, 636, 954, 972, 1431, 1908, 2862, 4293, 5724, 8586, 12879, 17172, 25758

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 51508 and 51516. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 51508 and 51516 is 4.

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