What is the Greatest Common Factor of 54558 and 54578?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 54558 and 54578 is 2.

GCF(54558,54578) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 54558 and 54578, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 54558 and 54578.

How to find the GCF of 54558 and 54578?

We will first find the prime factorization of 54558 and 54578. After we will calculate the factors of 54558 and 54578 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 54558

Prime factors of 54558 are 2, 3, 7, 433. Prime factorization of 54558 in exponential form is:

54558 = 2¹ × 3² × 7¹ × 433¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 54578

Prime factors of 54578 are 2, 29, 941. Prime factorization of 54578 in exponential form is:

54578 = 2¹ × 29¹ × 941¹

Step-3: Factors of 54558

List of positive integer factors of 54558 that divides 54558 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 14, 18, 21, 42, 63, 126, 433, 866, 1299, 2598, 3031, 3897, 6062, 7794, 9093, 18186, 27279

Step-4: Factors of 54578

List of positive integer factors of 54578 that divides 54558 without a remainder.

1, 2, 29, 58, 941, 1882, 27289

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 54558 and 54578. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 54558 and 54578 is 2.

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