What is the Greatest Common Factor of 52722 and 52742?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 52722 and 52742 is 2.

GCF(52722,52742) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 52722 and 52742, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 52722 and 52742.

How to find the GCF of 52722 and 52742?

We will first find the prime factorization of 52722 and 52742. After we will calculate the factors of 52722 and 52742 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 52722

Prime factors of 52722 are 2, 3, 29, 101. Prime factorization of 52722 in exponential form is:

52722 = 2¹ × 3² × 29¹ × 101¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 52742

Prime factors of 52742 are 2, 26371. Prime factorization of 52742 in exponential form is:

52742 = 2¹ × 26371¹

Step-3: Factors of 52722

List of positive integer factors of 52722 that divides 52722 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 29, 58, 87, 101, 174, 202, 261, 303, 522, 606, 909, 1818, 2929, 5858, 8787, 17574, 26361

Step-4: Factors of 52742

List of positive integer factors of 52742 that divides 52722 without a remainder.

1, 2, 26371

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 52722 and 52742. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 52722 and 52742 is 2.

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