What is the Greatest Common Factor of 53122 and 53142?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 53122 and 53142 is 2.

GCF(53122,53142) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 53122 and 53142, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 53122 and 53142.

How to find the GCF of 53122 and 53142?

We will first find the prime factorization of 53122 and 53142. After we will calculate the factors of 53122 and 53142 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 53122

Prime factors of 53122 are 2, 26561. Prime factorization of 53122 in exponential form is:

53122 = 2¹ × 26561¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 53142

Prime factors of 53142 are 2, 3, 17, 521. Prime factorization of 53142 in exponential form is:

53142 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 17¹ × 521¹

Step-3: Factors of 53122

List of positive integer factors of 53122 that divides 53122 without a remainder.

1, 2, 26561

Step-4: Factors of 53142

List of positive integer factors of 53142 that divides 53122 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 17, 34, 51, 102, 521, 1042, 1563, 3126, 8857, 17714, 26571

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 53122 and 53142. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 53122 and 53142 is 2.

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