What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5478 and 5482?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5478 and 5482 is 2.

GCF(5478,5482) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5478 and 5482, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5478 and 5482.

How to find the GCF of 5478 and 5482?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5478 and 5482. After we will calculate the factors of 5478 and 5482 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5478

Prime factors of 5478 are 2, 3, 11, 83. Prime factorization of 5478 in exponential form is:

5478 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 11¹ × 83¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5482

Prime factors of 5482 are 2, 2741. Prime factorization of 5482 in exponential form is:

5482 = 2¹ × 2741¹

Step-3: Factors of 5478

List of positive integer factors of 5478 that divides 5478 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 11, 22, 33, 66, 83, 166, 249, 498, 913, 1826, 2739

Step-4: Factors of 5482

List of positive integer factors of 5482 that divides 5478 without a remainder.

1, 2, 2741

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5478 and 5482. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5478 and 5482 is 2.

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