What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5217 and 5232?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5217 and 5232 is 3.

GCF(5217,5232) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5217 and 5232, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5217 and 5232.

How to find the GCF of 5217 and 5232?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5217 and 5232. After we will calculate the factors of 5217 and 5232 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5217

Prime factors of 5217 are 3, 37, 47. Prime factorization of 5217 in exponential form is:

5217 = 3¹ × 37¹ × 47¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5232

Prime factors of 5232 are 2, 3, 109. Prime factorization of 5232 in exponential form is:

5232 = 2⁴ × 3¹ × 109¹

Step-3: Factors of 5217

List of positive integer factors of 5217 that divides 5217 without a remainder.

1, 3, 37, 47, 111, 141, 1739

Step-4: Factors of 5232

List of positive integer factors of 5232 that divides 5217 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48, 109, 218, 327, 436, 654, 872, 1308, 1744, 2616

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5217 and 5232. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5217 and 5232 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 5217 and 5232