What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5226 and 5230?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5226 and 5230 is 2.

GCF(5226,5230) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5226 and 5230, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5226 and 5230.

How to find the GCF of 5226 and 5230?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5226 and 5230. After we will calculate the factors of 5226 and 5230 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5226

Prime factors of 5226 are 2, 3, 13, 67. Prime factorization of 5226 in exponential form is:

5226 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 13¹ × 67¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5230

Prime factors of 5230 are 2, 5, 523. Prime factorization of 5230 in exponential form is:

5230 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 523¹

Step-3: Factors of 5226

List of positive integer factors of 5226 that divides 5226 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 13, 26, 39, 67, 78, 134, 201, 402, 871, 1742, 2613

Step-4: Factors of 5230

List of positive integer factors of 5230 that divides 5226 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 523, 1046, 2615

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5226 and 5230. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5226 and 5230 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 5226 and 5230