What is the Greatest Common Factor of 52542 and 52558?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 52542 and 52558 is 2.

GCF(52542,52558) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 52542 and 52558, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 52542 and 52558.

How to find the GCF of 52542 and 52558?

We will first find the prime factorization of 52542 and 52558. After we will calculate the factors of 52542 and 52558 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 52542

Prime factors of 52542 are 2, 3, 7, 139. Prime factorization of 52542 in exponential form is:

52542 = 2¹ × 3³ × 7¹ × 139¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 52558

Prime factors of 52558 are 2, 11, 2389. Prime factorization of 52558 in exponential form is:

52558 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 2389¹

Step-3: Factors of 52542

List of positive integer factors of 52542 that divides 52542 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 14, 18, 21, 27, 42, 54, 63, 126, 139, 189, 278, 378, 417, 834, 973, 1251, 1946, 2502, 2919, 3753, 5838, 7506, 8757, 17514, 26271

Step-4: Factors of 52558

List of positive integer factors of 52558 that divides 52542 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 2389, 4778, 26279

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 52542 and 52558. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 52542 and 52558 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 52542 and 52558