What is the Greatest Common Factor of 52852 and 52868?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 52852 and 52868 is 4.

GCF(52852,52868) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 52852 and 52868, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 52852 and 52868.

How to find the GCF of 52852 and 52868?

We will first find the prime factorization of 52852 and 52868. After we will calculate the factors of 52852 and 52868 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 52852

Prime factors of 52852 are 2, 73, 181. Prime factorization of 52852 in exponential form is:

52852 = 2² × 73¹ × 181¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 52868

Prime factors of 52868 are 2, 13217. Prime factorization of 52868 in exponential form is:

52868 = 2² × 13217¹

Step-3: Factors of 52852

List of positive integer factors of 52852 that divides 52852 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 73, 146, 181, 292, 362, 724, 13213, 26426

Step-4: Factors of 52868

List of positive integer factors of 52868 that divides 52852 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 13217, 26434

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 52852 and 52868. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 52852 and 52868 is 4.

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