What is the Greatest Common Factor of 52838 and 52856?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 52838 and 52856 is 2.

GCF(52838,52856) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 52838 and 52856, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 52838 and 52856.

How to find the GCF of 52838 and 52856?

We will first find the prime factorization of 52838 and 52856. After we will calculate the factors of 52838 and 52856 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 52838

Prime factors of 52838 are 2, 29, 911. Prime factorization of 52838 in exponential form is:

52838 = 2¹ × 29¹ × 911¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 52856

Prime factors of 52856 are 2, 6607. Prime factorization of 52856 in exponential form is:

52856 = 2³ × 6607¹

Step-3: Factors of 52838

List of positive integer factors of 52838 that divides 52838 without a remainder.

1, 2, 29, 58, 911, 1822, 26419

Step-4: Factors of 52856

List of positive integer factors of 52856 that divides 52838 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 6607, 13214, 26428

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 52838 and 52856. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 52838 and 52856 is 2.

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