What is the Greatest Common Factor of 52660 and 52678?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 52660 and 52678 is 2.

GCF(52660,52678) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 52660 and 52678, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 52660 and 52678.

How to find the GCF of 52660 and 52678?

We will first find the prime factorization of 52660 and 52678. After we will calculate the factors of 52660 and 52678 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 52660

Prime factors of 52660 are 2, 5, 2633. Prime factorization of 52660 in exponential form is:

52660 = 2² × 5¹ × 2633¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 52678

Prime factors of 52678 are 2, 26339. Prime factorization of 52678 in exponential form is:

52678 = 2¹ × 26339¹

Step-3: Factors of 52660

List of positive integer factors of 52660 that divides 52660 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 2633, 5266, 10532, 13165, 26330

Step-4: Factors of 52678

List of positive integer factors of 52678 that divides 52660 without a remainder.

1, 2, 26339

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 52660 and 52678. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 52660 and 52678 is 2.

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