What is the Greatest Common Factor of 52540 and 52544?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 52540 and 52544 is 4.

GCF(52540,52544) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 52540 and 52544, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 52540 and 52544.

How to find the GCF of 52540 and 52544?

We will first find the prime factorization of 52540 and 52544. After we will calculate the factors of 52540 and 52544 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 52540

Prime factors of 52540 are 2, 5, 37, 71. Prime factorization of 52540 in exponential form is:

52540 = 2² × 5¹ × 37¹ × 71¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 52544

Prime factors of 52544 are 2, 821. Prime factorization of 52544 in exponential form is:

52544 = 2⁶ × 821¹

Step-3: Factors of 52540

List of positive integer factors of 52540 that divides 52540 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 37, 71, 74, 142, 148, 185, 284, 355, 370, 710, 740, 1420, 2627, 5254, 10508, 13135, 26270

Step-4: Factors of 52544

List of positive integer factors of 52544 that divides 52540 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 821, 1642, 3284, 6568, 13136, 26272

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 52540 and 52544. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 52540 and 52544 is 4.

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