What is the Greatest Common Factor of 52812 and 52821?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 52812 and 52821 is 9.

GCF(52812,52821) = 9

We will now calculate the prime factors of 52812 and 52821, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 52812 and 52821.

How to find the GCF of 52812 and 52821?

We will first find the prime factorization of 52812 and 52821. After we will calculate the factors of 52812 and 52821 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 52812

Prime factors of 52812 are 2, 3, 163. Prime factorization of 52812 in exponential form is:

52812 = 2² × 3⁴ × 163¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 52821

Prime factors of 52821 are 3, 5869. Prime factorization of 52821 in exponential form is:

52821 = 3² × 5869¹

Step-3: Factors of 52812

List of positive integer factors of 52812 that divides 52812 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 27, 36, 54, 81, 108, 162, 163, 324, 326, 489, 652, 978, 1467, 1956, 2934, 4401, 5868, 8802, 13203, 17604, 26406

Step-4: Factors of 52821

List of positive integer factors of 52821 that divides 52812 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 5869, 17607

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 52812 and 52821. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 52812 and 52821 is 9.

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