What is the Greatest Common Factor of 53142 and 53146?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 53142 and 53146 is 2.

GCF(53142,53146) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 53142 and 53146, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 53142 and 53146.

How to find the GCF of 53142 and 53146?

We will first find the prime factorization of 53142 and 53146. After we will calculate the factors of 53142 and 53146 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 53146

Prime factors of 53146 are 2, 26573. Prime factorization of 53146 in exponential form is:

53146 = 2¹ × 26573¹

Step-3: Factors of 53142

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 53146

List of positive integer factors of 53146 that divides 53142 without a remainder.

1, 2, 26573

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 53142 and 53146. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 53142 and 53146 is 2.

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