What is the Greatest Common Factor of 2942 and 2958?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 2942 and 2958 is 2.

GCF(2942,2958) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 2942 and 2958, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 2942 and 2958.

How to find the GCF of 2942 and 2958?

We will first find the prime factorization of 2942 and 2958. After we will calculate the factors of 2942 and 2958 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 2942

Prime factors of 2942 are 2, 1471. Prime factorization of 2942 in exponential form is:

2942 = 2¹ × 1471¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 2958

Prime factors of 2958 are 2, 3, 17, 29. Prime factorization of 2958 in exponential form is:

2958 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 17¹ × 29¹

Step-3: Factors of 2942

List of positive integer factors of 2942 that divides 2942 without a remainder.

1, 2, 1471

Step-4: Factors of 2958

List of positive integer factors of 2958 that divides 2942 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 17, 29, 34, 51, 58, 87, 102, 174, 493, 986, 1479

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 2942 and 2958. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 2942 and 2958 is 2.

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