What is the Greatest Common Factor of 51987 and 52002?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 51987 and 52002 is 3.

GCF(51987,52002) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 51987 and 52002, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 51987 and 52002.

How to find the GCF of 51987 and 52002?

We will first find the prime factorization of 51987 and 52002. After we will calculate the factors of 51987 and 52002 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 51987

Prime factors of 51987 are 3, 13, 31, 43. Prime factorization of 51987 in exponential form is:

51987 = 3¹ × 13¹ × 31¹ × 43¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 52002

Prime factors of 52002 are 2, 3, 107. Prime factorization of 52002 in exponential form is:

52002 = 2¹ × 3⁵ × 107¹

Step-3: Factors of 51987

List of positive integer factors of 51987 that divides 51987 without a remainder.

1, 3, 13, 31, 39, 43, 93, 129, 403, 559, 1209, 1333, 1677, 3999, 17329

Step-4: Factors of 52002

List of positive integer factors of 52002 that divides 51987 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 27, 54, 81, 107, 162, 214, 243, 321, 486, 642, 963, 1926, 2889, 5778, 8667, 17334, 26001

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 51987 and 52002. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 51987 and 52002 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 51987 and 52002