What is the Greatest Common Factor of 52550 and 52562?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 52550 and 52562 is 2.

GCF(52550,52562) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 52550 and 52562, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 52550 and 52562.

How to find the GCF of 52550 and 52562?

We will first find the prime factorization of 52550 and 52562. After we will calculate the factors of 52550 and 52562 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 52550

Prime factors of 52550 are 2, 5, 1051. Prime factorization of 52550 in exponential form is:

52550 = 2¹ × 5² × 1051¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 52562

Prime factors of 52562 are 2, 41, 641. Prime factorization of 52562 in exponential form is:

52562 = 2¹ × 41¹ × 641¹

Step-3: Factors of 52550

List of positive integer factors of 52550 that divides 52550 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 1051, 2102, 5255, 10510, 26275

Step-4: Factors of 52562

List of positive integer factors of 52562 that divides 52550 without a remainder.

1, 2, 41, 82, 641, 1282, 26281

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 52550 and 52562. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 52550 and 52562 is 2.

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