What is the Greatest Common Factor of 53998 and 54017?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 53998 and 54017 is 19.

GCF(53998,54017) = 19

We will now calculate the prime factors of 53998 and 54017, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 53998 and 54017.

How to find the GCF of 53998 and 54017?

We will first find the prime factorization of 53998 and 54017. After we will calculate the factors of 53998 and 54017 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 53998

Prime factors of 53998 are 2, 7, 19, 29. Prime factorization of 53998 in exponential form is:

53998 = 2¹ × 7² × 19¹ × 29¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 54017

Prime factors of 54017 are 19, 2843. Prime factorization of 54017 in exponential form is:

54017 = 19¹ × 2843¹

Step-3: Factors of 53998

List of positive integer factors of 53998 that divides 53998 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 19, 29, 38, 49, 58, 98, 133, 203, 266, 406, 551, 931, 1102, 1421, 1862, 2842, 3857, 7714, 26999

Step-4: Factors of 54017

List of positive integer factors of 54017 that divides 53998 without a remainder.

1, 19, 2843

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 53998 and 54017. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 53998 and 54017 is 19.

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