What is the Greatest Common Factor of 51968 and 51972?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 51968 and 51972 is 4.

GCF(51968,51972) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 51968 and 51972, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 51968 and 51972.

How to find the GCF of 51968 and 51972?

We will first find the prime factorization of 51968 and 51972. After we will calculate the factors of 51968 and 51972 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 51968

Prime factors of 51968 are 2, 7, 29. Prime factorization of 51968 in exponential form is:

51968 = 2⁸ × 7¹ × 29¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 51972

Prime factors of 51972 are 2, 3, 61, 71. Prime factorization of 51972 in exponential form is:

51972 = 2² × 3¹ × 61¹ × 71¹

Step-3: Factors of 51968

List of positive integer factors of 51968 that divides 51968 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 16, 28, 29, 32, 56, 58, 64, 112, 116, 128, 203, 224, 232, 256, 406, 448, 464, 812, 896, 928, 1624, 1792, 1856, 3248, 3712, 6496, 7424, 12992, 25984

Step-4: Factors of 51972

List of positive integer factors of 51972 that divides 51968 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 61, 71, 122, 142, 183, 213, 244, 284, 366, 426, 732, 852, 4331, 8662, 12993, 17324, 25986

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 51968 and 51972. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 51968 and 51972 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 51968 and 51972