What is the Greatest Common Factor of 52846 and 52860?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 52846 and 52860 is 2.

GCF(52846,52860) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 52846 and 52860, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 52846 and 52860.

How to find the GCF of 52846 and 52860?

We will first find the prime factorization of 52846 and 52860. After we will calculate the factors of 52846 and 52860 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 52846

Prime factors of 52846 are 2, 26423. Prime factorization of 52846 in exponential form is:

52846 = 2¹ × 26423¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 52860

Prime factors of 52860 are 2, 3, 5, 881. Prime factorization of 52860 in exponential form is:

52860 = 2² × 3¹ × 5¹ × 881¹

Step-3: Factors of 52846

List of positive integer factors of 52846 that divides 52846 without a remainder.

1, 2, 26423

Step-4: Factors of 52860

List of positive integer factors of 52860 that divides 52846 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, 30, 60, 881, 1762, 2643, 3524, 4405, 5286, 8810, 10572, 13215, 17620, 26430

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 52846 and 52860. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 52846 and 52860 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 52846 and 52860