What is the Greatest Common Factor of 52578 and 52587?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 52578 and 52587 is 9.

GCF(52578,52587) = 9

We will now calculate the prime factors of 52578 and 52587, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 52578 and 52587.

How to find the GCF of 52578 and 52587?

We will first find the prime factorization of 52578 and 52587. After we will calculate the factors of 52578 and 52587 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 52578

Prime factors of 52578 are 2, 3, 23, 127. Prime factorization of 52578 in exponential form is:

52578 = 2¹ × 3² × 23¹ × 127¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 52587

Prime factors of 52587 are 3, 5843. Prime factorization of 52587 in exponential form is:

52587 = 3² × 5843¹

Step-3: Factors of 52578

List of positive integer factors of 52578 that divides 52578 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 23, 46, 69, 127, 138, 207, 254, 381, 414, 762, 1143, 2286, 2921, 5842, 8763, 17526, 26289

Step-4: Factors of 52587

List of positive integer factors of 52587 that divides 52578 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 5843, 17529

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 52578 and 52587. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 52578 and 52587 is 9.

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