What is the Greatest Common Factor of 51558 and 51571?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 51558 and 51571 is 13.

GCF(51558,51571) = 13

We will now calculate the prime factors of 51558 and 51571, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 51558 and 51571.

How to find the GCF of 51558 and 51571?

We will first find the prime factorization of 51558 and 51571. After we will calculate the factors of 51558 and 51571 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 51558

Prime factors of 51558 are 2, 3, 13, 661. Prime factorization of 51558 in exponential form is:

51558 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 13¹ × 661¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 51571

Prime factors of 51571 are 13, 3967. Prime factorization of 51571 in exponential form is:

51571 = 13¹ × 3967¹

Step-3: Factors of 51558

List of positive integer factors of 51558 that divides 51558 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 13, 26, 39, 78, 661, 1322, 1983, 3966, 8593, 17186, 25779

Step-4: Factors of 51571

List of positive integer factors of 51571 that divides 51558 without a remainder.

1, 13, 3967

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 51558 and 51571. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 51558 and 51571 is 13.

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