What is the Greatest Common Factor of 34544 and 34558?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 34544 and 34558 is 2.

GCF(34544,34558) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 34544 and 34558, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 34544 and 34558.

How to find the GCF of 34544 and 34558?

We will first find the prime factorization of 34544 and 34558. After we will calculate the factors of 34544 and 34558 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 34544

Prime factors of 34544 are 2, 17, 127. Prime factorization of 34544 in exponential form is:

34544 = 2⁴ × 17¹ × 127¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 34558

Prime factors of 34558 are 2, 37, 467. Prime factorization of 34558 in exponential form is:

34558 = 2¹ × 37¹ × 467¹

Step-3: Factors of 34544

List of positive integer factors of 34544 that divides 34544 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 17, 34, 68, 127, 136, 254, 272, 508, 1016, 2032, 2159, 4318, 8636, 17272

Step-4: Factors of 34558

List of positive integer factors of 34558 that divides 34544 without a remainder.

1, 2, 37, 74, 467, 934, 17279

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 34544 and 34558. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 34544 and 34558 is 2.

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