What is the Greatest Common Factor of 51998 and 52004?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 51998 and 52004 is 2.

GCF(51998,52004) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 51998 and 52004, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 51998 and 52004.

How to find the GCF of 51998 and 52004?

We will first find the prime factorization of 51998 and 52004. After we will calculate the factors of 51998 and 52004 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 51998

Prime factors of 51998 are 2, 25999. Prime factorization of 51998 in exponential form is:

51998 = 2¹ × 25999¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 52004

Prime factors of 52004 are 2, 13001. Prime factorization of 52004 in exponential form is:

52004 = 2² × 13001¹

Step-3: Factors of 51998

List of positive integer factors of 51998 that divides 51998 without a remainder.

1, 2, 25999

Step-4: Factors of 52004

List of positive integer factors of 52004 that divides 51998 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 13001, 26002

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 51998 and 52004. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 51998 and 52004 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 51998 and 52004