What is the Greatest Common Factor of 52438 and 52442?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 52438 and 52442 is 2.

GCF(52438,52442) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 52438 and 52442, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 52438 and 52442.

How to find the GCF of 52438 and 52442?

We will first find the prime factorization of 52438 and 52442. After we will calculate the factors of 52438 and 52442 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 52438

Prime factors of 52438 are 2, 157, 167. Prime factorization of 52438 in exponential form is:

52438 = 2¹ × 157¹ × 167¹

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 52438

List of positive integer factors of 52438 that divides 52438 without a remainder.

1, 2, 157, 167, 314, 334, 26219

Step-4: Factors of 52442

List of positive integer factors of 52442 that divides 52438 without a remainder.

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

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 52438 and 52442. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 52438 and 52442 is 2.

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