What is the Greatest Common Factor of 52431 and 52442?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 52431 and 52442 is 1.

GCF(52431,52442) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 52431 and 52442, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 52431 and 52442.

How to find the GCF of 52431 and 52442?

We will first find the prime factorization of 52431 and 52442. After we will calculate the factors of 52431 and 52442 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 52431

Prime factors of 52431 are 3, 17477. Prime factorization of 52431 in exponential form is:

52431 = 3¹ × 17477¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 52442

Prime factors of 52442 are 2, 13, 2017. Prime factorization of 52442 in exponential form is:

52442 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 2017¹

Step-3: Factors of 52431

List of positive integer factors of 52431 that divides 52431 without a remainder.

1, 3, 17477

Step-4: Factors of 52442

List of positive integer factors of 52442 that divides 52431 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 2017, 4034, 26221

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 52431 and 52442. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 52431 and 52442 is 1.

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