What is the Greatest Common Factor of 51956 and 51970?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 51956 and 51970 is 2.

GCF(51956,51970) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 51956 and 51970, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 51956 and 51970.

How to find the GCF of 51956 and 51970?

We will first find the prime factorization of 51956 and 51970. After we will calculate the factors of 51956 and 51970 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 51956

Prime factors of 51956 are 2, 31, 419. Prime factorization of 51956 in exponential form is:

51956 = 2² × 31¹ × 419¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 51970

Prime factors of 51970 are 2, 5, 5197. Prime factorization of 51970 in exponential form is:

51970 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 5197¹

Step-3: Factors of 51956

List of positive integer factors of 51956 that divides 51956 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 31, 62, 124, 419, 838, 1676, 12989, 25978

Step-4: Factors of 51970

List of positive integer factors of 51970 that divides 51956 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 5197, 10394, 25985

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 51956 and 51970. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 51956 and 51970 is 2.

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