What is the Greatest Common Factor of 51942 and 51946?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 51942 and 51946 is 2.

GCF(51942,51946) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 51942 and 51946, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 51942 and 51946.

How to find the GCF of 51942 and 51946?

We will first find the prime factorization of 51942 and 51946. After we will calculate the factors of 51942 and 51946 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 51946

Prime factors of 51946 are 2, 19, 1367. Prime factorization of 51946 in exponential form is:

51946 = 2¹ × 19¹ × 1367¹

Step-3: Factors of 51942

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 51946

List of positive integer factors of 51946 that divides 51942 without a remainder.

1, 2, 19, 38, 1367, 2734, 25973

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 51942 and 51946. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 51942 and 51946 is 2.

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