What is the Greatest Common Factor of 34542 and 34546?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 34542 and 34546 is 2.

GCF(34542,34546) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 34542 and 34546, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 34542 and 34546.

How to find the GCF of 34542 and 34546?

We will first find the prime factorization of 34542 and 34546. After we will calculate the factors of 34542 and 34546 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 34542

Prime factors of 34542 are 2, 3, 19, 101. Prime factorization of 34542 in exponential form is:

34542 = 2¹ × 3² × 19¹ × 101¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 34546

Prime factors of 34546 are 2, 23, 751. Prime factorization of 34546 in exponential form is:

34546 = 2¹ × 23¹ × 751¹

Step-3: Factors of 34542

List of positive integer factors of 34542 that divides 34542 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 19, 38, 57, 101, 114, 171, 202, 303, 342, 606, 909, 1818, 1919, 3838, 5757, 11514, 17271

Step-4: Factors of 34546

List of positive integer factors of 34546 that divides 34542 without a remainder.

1, 2, 23, 46, 751, 1502, 17273

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 34542 and 34546. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 34542 and 34546 is 2.

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