What is the Greatest Common Factor of 51942 and 51958?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 51942 and 51958 is 2.

GCF(51942,51958) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 51942 and 51958, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 51942 and 51958.

How to find the GCF of 51942 and 51958?

We will first find the prime factorization of 51942 and 51958. After we will calculate the factors of 51942 and 51958 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 51958

Prime factors of 51958 are 2, 83, 313. Prime factorization of 51958 in exponential form is:

51958 = 2¹ × 83¹ × 313¹

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 51958

List of positive integer factors of 51958 that divides 51942 without a remainder.

1, 2, 83, 166, 313, 626, 25979

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 51942 and 51958. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 51942 and 51958 is 2.

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