What is the Greatest Common Factor of 52422 and 52437?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 52422 and 52437 is 3.

GCF(52422,52437) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 52422 and 52437, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 52422 and 52437.

How to find the GCF of 52422 and 52437?

We will first find the prime factorization of 52422 and 52437. After we will calculate the factors of 52422 and 52437 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 52422

Prime factors of 52422 are 2, 3, 8737. Prime factorization of 52422 in exponential form is:

52422 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 8737¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 52437

Prime factors of 52437 are 3, 7, 11, 227. Prime factorization of 52437 in exponential form is:

52437 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 11¹ × 227¹

Step-3: Factors of 52422

List of positive integer factors of 52422 that divides 52422 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 8737, 17474, 26211

Step-4: Factors of 52437

List of positive integer factors of 52437 that divides 52422 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 11, 21, 33, 77, 227, 231, 681, 1589, 2497, 4767, 7491, 17479

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 52422 and 52437. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 52422 and 52437 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 52422 and 52437