What is the Greatest Common Factor of 51648 and 51656?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 51648 and 51656 is 8.

GCF(51648,51656) = 8

We will now calculate the prime factors of 51648 and 51656, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 51648 and 51656.

How to find the GCF of 51648 and 51656?

We will first find the prime factorization of 51648 and 51656. After we will calculate the factors of 51648 and 51656 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 51648

Prime factors of 51648 are 2, 3, 269. Prime factorization of 51648 in exponential form is:

51648 = 2⁶ × 3¹ × 269¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 51656

Prime factors of 51656 are 2, 11, 587. Prime factorization of 51656 in exponential form is:

51656 = 2³ × 11¹ × 587¹

Step-3: Factors of 51648

List of positive integer factors of 51648 that divides 51648 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64, 96, 192, 269, 538, 807, 1076, 1614, 2152, 3228, 4304, 6456, 8608, 12912, 17216, 25824

Step-4: Factors of 51656

List of positive integer factors of 51656 that divides 51648 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 22, 44, 88, 587, 1174, 2348, 4696, 6457, 12914, 25828

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 51648 and 51656. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 51648 and 51656 is 8.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 51648 and 51656