What is the Greatest Common Factor of 52352 and 52356?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 52352 and 52356 is 4.

GCF(52352,52356) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 52352 and 52356, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 52352 and 52356.

How to find the GCF of 52352 and 52356?

We will first find the prime factorization of 52352 and 52356. After we will calculate the factors of 52352 and 52356 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 52352

Prime factors of 52352 are 2, 409. Prime factorization of 52352 in exponential form is:

52352 = 2⁷ × 409¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 52356

Prime factors of 52356 are 2, 3, 4363. Prime factorization of 52356 in exponential form is:

52356 = 2² × 3¹ × 4363¹

Step-3: Factors of 52352

List of positive integer factors of 52352 that divides 52352 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 409, 818, 1636, 3272, 6544, 13088, 26176

Step-4: Factors of 52356

List of positive integer factors of 52356 that divides 52352 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 4363, 8726, 13089, 17452, 26178

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 52352 and 52356. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 52352 and 52356 is 4.

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