Greatest Common Factor of 52 and 4659
GCF(52, 4659) = 1, Greatest common factor of 52 and 4659 is 1. 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 4659. Greatest Common Factor by prime factorization method and Greatest Common Factor by matching factors method.
Greatest Common Factor of 52 and 4659 by prime factorization method
We will first find the prime factorization of 52 and 4659.
Prime Factorization of 52 is 1, 2, 2, 13 and Prime Factorization of 4659 is 1, 3, 1553.
- Factorize\( (52) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 13\)
- Factorize\( (4659) = \) \(1\times 3\times 1553\)
Now we need to find any which are common for each number (1, 1) and multiply these numbers together.
\(GCF(52, 4659) = 1\times 1 = 1\).
Greatest Common Factor of 52 and 4659 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 4659 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 3, 1553, 4659
As you can see, 1 is the greatest and common number that 52 and 4659 divides into.
So the greatest common factor 52 and 4659 is 1.
\(GCF(52, 4659) = 1\).
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