What is the Greatest Common Factor of 53198 and 53202?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 53198 and 53202 is 2.

GCF(53198,53202) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 53198 and 53202, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 53198 and 53202.

How to find the GCF of 53198 and 53202?

We will first find the prime factorization of 53198 and 53202. After we will calculate the factors of 53198 and 53202 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 53198

Prime factors of 53198 are 2, 67, 397. Prime factorization of 53198 in exponential form is:

53198 = 2¹ × 67¹ × 397¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 53202

Prime factors of 53202 are 2, 3, 8867. Prime factorization of 53202 in exponential form is:

53202 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 8867¹

Step-3: Factors of 53198

List of positive integer factors of 53198 that divides 53198 without a remainder.

1, 2, 67, 134, 397, 794, 26599

Step-4: Factors of 53202

List of positive integer factors of 53202 that divides 53198 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 8867, 17734, 26601

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 53198 and 53202. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 53198 and 53202 is 2.

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