What is the Greatest Common Factor of 54842 and 54860?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 54842 and 54860 is 2.

GCF(54842,54860) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 54842 and 54860, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 54842 and 54860.

How to find the GCF of 54842 and 54860?

We will first find the prime factorization of 54842 and 54860. After we will calculate the factors of 54842 and 54860 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 54860

Prime factors of 54860 are 2, 5, 13, 211. Prime factorization of 54860 in exponential form is:

54860 = 2² × 5¹ × 13¹ × 211¹

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 54860

List of positive integer factors of 54860 that divides 54842 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 13, 20, 26, 52, 65, 130, 211, 260, 422, 844, 1055, 2110, 2743, 4220, 5486, 10972, 13715, 27430

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 54842 and 54860. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 54842 and 54860 is 2.

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