What is the Greatest Common Factor of 51938 and 51942?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 51938 and 51942 is 2.

GCF(51938,51942) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 51938 and 51942, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 51938 and 51942.

How to find the GCF of 51938 and 51942?

We will first find the prime factorization of 51938 and 51942. After we will calculate the factors of 51938 and 51942 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 51938

Prime factors of 51938 are 2, 25969. Prime factorization of 51938 in exponential form is:

51938 = 2¹ × 25969¹

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 51938

List of positive integer factors of 51938 that divides 51938 without a remainder.

1, 2, 25969

Step-4: Factors of 51942

List of positive integer factors of 51942 that divides 51938 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 51938 and 51942. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 51938 and 51942 is 2.

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