What is the Greatest Common Factor of 52730 and 52746?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 52730 and 52746 is 2.

GCF(52730,52746) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 52730 and 52746, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 52730 and 52746.

How to find the GCF of 52730 and 52746?

We will first find the prime factorization of 52730 and 52746. After we will calculate the factors of 52730 and 52746 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 52730

Prime factors of 52730 are 2, 5, 5273. Prime factorization of 52730 in exponential form is:

52730 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 5273¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 52746

Prime factors of 52746 are 2, 3, 59, 149. Prime factorization of 52746 in exponential form is:

52746 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 59¹ × 149¹

Step-3: Factors of 52730

List of positive integer factors of 52730 that divides 52730 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 5273, 10546, 26365

Step-4: Factors of 52746

List of positive integer factors of 52746 that divides 52730 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 59, 118, 149, 177, 298, 354, 447, 894, 8791, 17582, 26373

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 52730 and 52746. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 52730 and 52746 is 2.

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