What is the Greatest Common Factor of 51952 and 51960?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 51952 and 51960 is 8.

GCF(51952,51960) = 8

We will now calculate the prime factors of 51952 and 51960, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 51952 and 51960.

How to find the GCF of 51952 and 51960?

We will first find the prime factorization of 51952 and 51960. After we will calculate the factors of 51952 and 51960 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 51952

Prime factors of 51952 are 2, 17, 191. Prime factorization of 51952 in exponential form is:

51952 = 2⁴ × 17¹ × 191¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 51960

Prime factors of 51960 are 2, 3, 5, 433. Prime factorization of 51960 in exponential form is:

51960 = 2³ × 3¹ × 5¹ × 433¹

Step-3: Factors of 51952

List of positive integer factors of 51952 that divides 51952 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 17, 34, 68, 136, 191, 272, 382, 764, 1528, 3056, 3247, 6494, 12988, 25976

Step-4: Factors of 51960

List of positive integer factors of 51960 that divides 51952 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24, 30, 40, 60, 120, 433, 866, 1299, 1732, 2165, 2598, 3464, 4330, 5196, 6495, 8660, 10392, 12990, 17320, 25980

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 51952 and 51960. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 51952 and 51960 is 8.

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