What is the Greatest Common Factor of 52844 and 52856?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 52844 and 52856 is 4.

GCF(52844,52856) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 52844 and 52856, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 52844 and 52856.

How to find the GCF of 52844 and 52856?

We will first find the prime factorization of 52844 and 52856. After we will calculate the factors of 52844 and 52856 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 52844

Prime factors of 52844 are 2, 11, 1201. Prime factorization of 52844 in exponential form is:

52844 = 2² × 11¹ × 1201¹

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 52844

List of positive integer factors of 52844 that divides 52844 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 11, 22, 44, 1201, 2402, 4804, 13211, 26422

Step-4: Factors of 52856

List of positive integer factors of 52856 that divides 52844 without a remainder.

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

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 52844 and 52856. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 52844 and 52856 is 4.

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