What is the Greatest Common Factor of 34602 and 34606?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 34602 and 34606 is 2.

GCF(34602,34606) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 34602 and 34606, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 34602 and 34606.

How to find the GCF of 34602 and 34606?

We will first find the prime factorization of 34602 and 34606. After we will calculate the factors of 34602 and 34606 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 34602

Prime factors of 34602 are 2, 3, 73, 79. Prime factorization of 34602 in exponential form is:

34602 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 73¹ × 79¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 34606

Prime factors of 34606 are 2, 11, 13. Prime factorization of 34606 in exponential form is:

34606 = 2¹ × 11³ × 13¹

Step-3: Factors of 34602

List of positive integer factors of 34602 that divides 34602 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 73, 79, 146, 158, 219, 237, 438, 474, 5767, 11534, 17301

Step-4: Factors of 34606

List of positive integer factors of 34606 that divides 34602 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 13, 22, 26, 121, 143, 242, 286, 1331, 1573, 2662, 3146, 17303

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 34602 and 34606. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 34602 and 34606 is 2.

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