What is the Greatest Common Factor of 52311 and 52318?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 52311 and 52318 is 7.

GCF(52311,52318) = 7

We will now calculate the prime factors of 52311 and 52318, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 52311 and 52318.

How to find the GCF of 52311 and 52318?

We will first find the prime factorization of 52311 and 52318. After we will calculate the factors of 52311 and 52318 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 52311

Prime factors of 52311 are 3, 7, 47, 53. Prime factorization of 52311 in exponential form is:

52311 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 47¹ × 53¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 52318

Prime factors of 52318 are 2, 7, 37, 101. Prime factorization of 52318 in exponential form is:

52318 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 37¹ × 101¹

Step-3: Factors of 52311

List of positive integer factors of 52311 that divides 52311 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 47, 53, 141, 159, 329, 371, 987, 1113, 2491, 7473, 17437

Step-4: Factors of 52318

List of positive integer factors of 52318 that divides 52311 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 37, 74, 101, 202, 259, 518, 707, 1414, 3737, 7474, 26159

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 52311 and 52318. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 52311 and 52318 is 7.

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