What is the Greatest Common Factor of 51854 and 51858?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 51854 and 51858 is 2.

GCF(51854,51858) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 51854 and 51858, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 51854 and 51858.

How to find the GCF of 51854 and 51858?

We will first find the prime factorization of 51854 and 51858. After we will calculate the factors of 51854 and 51858 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 51854

Prime factors of 51854 are 2, 11, 2357. Prime factorization of 51854 in exponential form is:

51854 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 2357¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 51858

Prime factors of 51858 are 2, 3, 43, 67. Prime factorization of 51858 in exponential form is:

51858 = 2¹ × 3² × 43¹ × 67¹

Step-3: Factors of 51854

List of positive integer factors of 51854 that divides 51854 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 2357, 4714, 25927

Step-4: Factors of 51858

List of positive integer factors of 51858 that divides 51854 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 43, 67, 86, 129, 134, 201, 258, 387, 402, 603, 774, 1206, 2881, 5762, 8643, 17286, 25929

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 51854 and 51858. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 51854 and 51858 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 51854 and 51858