What is the Greatest Common Factor of 51934 and 51942?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 51934 and 51942 is 2.

GCF(51934,51942) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 51934 and 51942, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 51934 and 51942.

How to find the GCF of 51934 and 51942?

We will first find the prime factorization of 51934 and 51942. After we will calculate the factors of 51934 and 51942 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 51934

Prime factors of 51934 are 2, 23, 1129. Prime factorization of 51934 in exponential form is:

51934 = 2¹ × 23¹ × 1129¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 51942

Prime factors of 51942 are 2, 3, 11, 787. Prime factorization of 51942 in exponential form is:

51942 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 11¹ × 787¹

Step-3: Factors of 51934

List of positive integer factors of 51934 that divides 51934 without a remainder.

1, 2, 23, 46, 1129, 2258, 25967

Step-4: Factors of 51942

List of positive integer factors of 51942 that divides 51934 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 11, 22, 33, 66, 787, 1574, 2361, 4722, 8657, 17314, 25971

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 51934 and 51942. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 51934 and 51942 is 2.

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