What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5202 and 5212?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5202 and 5212 is 2.

GCF(5202,5212) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5202 and 5212, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5202 and 5212.

How to find the GCF of 5202 and 5212?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5202 and 5212. After we will calculate the factors of 5202 and 5212 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5202

Prime factors of 5202 are 2, 3, 17. Prime factorization of 5202 in exponential form is:

5202 = 2¹ × 3² × 17²

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5212

Prime factors of 5212 are 2, 1303. Prime factorization of 5212 in exponential form is:

5212 = 2² × 1303¹

Step-3: Factors of 5202

List of positive integer factors of 5202 that divides 5202 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 17, 18, 34, 51, 102, 153, 289, 306, 578, 867, 1734, 2601

Step-4: Factors of 5212

List of positive integer factors of 5212 that divides 5202 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 1303, 2606

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5202 and 5212. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5202 and 5212 is 2.

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