What is the Greatest Common Factor of 54858 and 54872?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 54858 and 54872 is 2.

GCF(54858,54872) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 54858 and 54872, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 54858 and 54872.

How to find the GCF of 54858 and 54872?

We will first find the prime factorization of 54858 and 54872. After we will calculate the factors of 54858 and 54872 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 54858

Prime factors of 54858 are 2, 3, 41, 223. Prime factorization of 54858 in exponential form is:

54858 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 41¹ × 223¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 54872

Prime factors of 54872 are 2, 19. Prime factorization of 54872 in exponential form is:

54872 = 2³ × 19³

Step-3: Factors of 54858

List of positive integer factors of 54858 that divides 54858 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 41, 82, 123, 223, 246, 446, 669, 1338, 9143, 18286, 27429

Step-4: Factors of 54872

List of positive integer factors of 54872 that divides 54858 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 19, 38, 76, 152, 361, 722, 1444, 2888, 6859, 13718, 27436

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 54858 and 54872. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 54858 and 54872 is 2.

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