What is the Greatest Common Factor of 51978 and 51982?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 51978 and 51982 is 2.

GCF(51978,51982) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 51978 and 51982, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 51978 and 51982.

How to find the GCF of 51978 and 51982?

We will first find the prime factorization of 51978 and 51982. After we will calculate the factors of 51978 and 51982 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 51978

Prime factors of 51978 are 2, 3, 8663. Prime factorization of 51978 in exponential form is:

51978 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 8663¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 51982

Prime factors of 51982 are 2, 7, 47, 79. Prime factorization of 51982 in exponential form is:

51982 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 47¹ × 79¹

Step-3: Factors of 51978

List of positive integer factors of 51978 that divides 51978 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 8663, 17326, 25989

Step-4: Factors of 51982

List of positive integer factors of 51982 that divides 51978 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 47, 79, 94, 158, 329, 553, 658, 1106, 3713, 7426, 25991

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 51978 and 51982. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 51978 and 51982 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 51978 and 51982