What is the Greatest Common Factor of 52208 and 52221?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 52208 and 52221 is 13.

GCF(52208,52221) = 13

We will now calculate the prime factors of 52208 and 52221, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 52208 and 52221.

How to find the GCF of 52208 and 52221?

We will first find the prime factorization of 52208 and 52221. After we will calculate the factors of 52208 and 52221 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 52208

Prime factors of 52208 are 2, 13, 251. Prime factorization of 52208 in exponential form is:

52208 = 2⁴ × 13¹ × 251¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 52221

Prime factors of 52221 are 3, 13, 103. Prime factorization of 52221 in exponential form is:

52221 = 3¹ × 13² × 103¹

Step-3: Factors of 52208

List of positive integer factors of 52208 that divides 52208 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 13, 16, 26, 52, 104, 208, 251, 502, 1004, 2008, 3263, 4016, 6526, 13052, 26104

Step-4: Factors of 52221

List of positive integer factors of 52221 that divides 52208 without a remainder.

1, 3, 13, 39, 103, 169, 309, 507, 1339, 4017, 17407

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 52208 and 52221. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 52208 and 52221 is 13.

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