Greatest Common Factor of 52 and 12090

GCF(52, 12090) = 26, Greatest common factor of 52 and 12090 is 26. Greatest Common Factor or Greatest Common Divisor of two numbers is the largest integer by which both the numbers can be divided. There are two different methods to calculate Greatest Common Factor of 52 and 12090. Greatest Common Factor by prime factorization method and Greatest Common Factor by matching factors method.

Greatest Common Factor of 52 and 12090 by prime factorization method

We will first find the prime factorization of 52 and 12090.
Prime Factorization of 52 is 1, 2, 2, 13 and Prime Factorization of 12090 is 1, 2, 3, 5, 13, 31.

  • Factorize\( (52) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 13\)
  • Factorize\( (12090) = \) \(1\times 2\times 3\times 5\times 13\times 31\)
Now we need to find any which are common for each number (1, 2, 13) and multiply these numbers together.
\(GCF(52, 12090) = 1\times 2\times 13 = 26\).

Greatest Common Factor of 52 and 12090 by matching factors method

List of positive integers factors of 52 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 4, 13, 26, 52
List of positive integers factors of 12090 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 13, 15, 26, 30, 31, 39, 62, 65, 78, 93, 130, 155, 186, 195, 310, 390, 403, 465, 806, 930, 1209, 2015, 2418, 4030, 6045, 12090
As you can see, 26 is the greatest and common number that 52 and 12090 divides into.
So the greatest common factor 52 and 12090 is 26.
\(GCF(52, 12090) = 26\).

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