What is the Greatest Common Factor of 52568 and 52572?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 52568 and 52572 is 4.

GCF(52568,52572) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 52568 and 52572, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 52568 and 52572.

How to find the GCF of 52568 and 52572?

We will first find the prime factorization of 52568 and 52572. After we will calculate the factors of 52568 and 52572 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 52568

Prime factors of 52568 are 2, 6571. Prime factorization of 52568 in exponential form is:

52568 = 2³ × 6571¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 52572

Prime factors of 52572 are 2, 3, 13, 337. Prime factorization of 52572 in exponential form is:

52572 = 2² × 3¹ × 13¹ × 337¹

Step-3: Factors of 52568

List of positive integer factors of 52568 that divides 52568 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 6571, 13142, 26284

Step-4: Factors of 52572

List of positive integer factors of 52572 that divides 52568 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 13, 26, 39, 52, 78, 156, 337, 674, 1011, 1348, 2022, 4044, 4381, 8762, 13143, 17524, 26286

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 52568 and 52572. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 52568 and 52572 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 52568 and 52572