What is the Greatest Common Factor of 51558 and 51574?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 51558 and 51574 is 2.

GCF(51558,51574) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 51558 and 51574, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 51558 and 51574.

How to find the GCF of 51558 and 51574?

We will first find the prime factorization of 51558 and 51574. After we will calculate the factors of 51558 and 51574 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 51574

Prime factors of 51574 are 2, 107, 241. Prime factorization of 51574 in exponential form is:

51574 = 2¹ × 107¹ × 241¹

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 51574

List of positive integer factors of 51574 that divides 51558 without a remainder.

1, 2, 107, 214, 241, 482, 25787

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 51558 and 51574. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 51558 and 51574 is 2.

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