What is the Greatest Common Factor of 54842 and 54846?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 54842 and 54846 is 2.

GCF(54842,54846) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 54842 and 54846, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 54842 and 54846.

How to find the GCF of 54842 and 54846?

We will first find the prime factorization of 54842 and 54846. After we will calculate the factors of 54842 and 54846 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 54842

Prime factors of 54842 are 2, 17, 1613. Prime factorization of 54842 in exponential form is:

54842 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 1613¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 54846

Prime factors of 54846 are 2, 3, 11, 277. Prime factorization of 54846 in exponential form is:

54846 = 2¹ × 3² × 11¹ × 277¹

Step-3: Factors of 54842

List of positive integer factors of 54842 that divides 54842 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 1613, 3226, 27421

Step-4: Factors of 54846

List of positive integer factors of 54846 that divides 54842 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 11, 18, 22, 33, 66, 99, 198, 277, 554, 831, 1662, 2493, 3047, 4986, 6094, 9141, 18282, 27423

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 54842 and 54846. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 54842 and 54846 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 54842 and 54846