What is the Greatest Common Factor of 54852 and 54856?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 54852 and 54856 is 4.

GCF(54852,54856) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 54852 and 54856, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 54852 and 54856.

How to find the GCF of 54852 and 54856?

We will first find the prime factorization of 54852 and 54856. After we will calculate the factors of 54852 and 54856 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 54852

Prime factors of 54852 are 2, 3, 7, 653. Prime factorization of 54852 in exponential form is:

54852 = 2² × 3¹ × 7¹ × 653¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 54856

Prime factors of 54856 are 2, 6857. Prime factorization of 54856 in exponential form is:

54856 = 2³ × 6857¹

Step-3: Factors of 54852

List of positive integer factors of 54852 that divides 54852 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 12, 14, 21, 28, 42, 84, 653, 1306, 1959, 2612, 3918, 4571, 7836, 9142, 13713, 18284, 27426

Step-4: Factors of 54856

List of positive integer factors of 54856 that divides 54852 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 6857, 13714, 27428

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 54852 and 54856. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 54852 and 54856 is 4.

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