What is the Greatest Common Factor of 51970 and 51990?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 51970 and 51990 is 10.

GCF(51970,51990) = 10

We will now calculate the prime factors of 51970 and 51990, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 51970 and 51990.

How to find the GCF of 51970 and 51990?

We will first find the prime factorization of 51970 and 51990. After we will calculate the factors of 51970 and 51990 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 51990

Prime factors of 51990 are 2, 3, 5, 1733. Prime factorization of 51990 in exponential form is:

51990 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 5¹ × 1733¹

Step-3: Factors of 51970

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 51990

List of positive integer factors of 51990 that divides 51970 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 15, 30, 1733, 3466, 5199, 8665, 10398, 17330, 25995

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 51970 and 51990. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 51970 and 51990 is 10.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 51970 and 51990