What is the Greatest Common Factor of 6232 and 6252?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 6232 and 6252 is 4.

GCF(6232,6252) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 6232 and 6252, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 6232 and 6252.

How to find the GCF of 6232 and 6252?

We will first find the prime factorization of 6232 and 6252. After we will calculate the factors of 6232 and 6252 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 6232

Prime factors of 6232 are 2, 19, 41. Prime factorization of 6232 in exponential form is:

6232 = 2³ × 19¹ × 41¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 6252

Prime factors of 6252 are 2, 3, 521. Prime factorization of 6252 in exponential form is:

6252 = 2² × 3¹ × 521¹

Step-3: Factors of 6232

List of positive integer factors of 6232 that divides 6232 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 19, 38, 41, 76, 82, 152, 164, 328, 779, 1558, 3116

Step-4: Factors of 6252

List of positive integer factors of 6252 that divides 6232 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 521, 1042, 1563, 2084, 3126

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 6232 and 6252. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 6232 and 6252 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 6232 and 6252