What is the Greatest Common Factor of 54862 and 54878?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 54862 and 54878 is 2.

GCF(54862,54878) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 54862 and 54878, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 54862 and 54878.

How to find the GCF of 54862 and 54878?

We will first find the prime factorization of 54862 and 54878. After we will calculate the factors of 54862 and 54878 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 54862

Prime factors of 54862 are 2, 27431. Prime factorization of 54862 in exponential form is:

54862 = 2¹ × 27431¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 54878

Prime factors of 54878 are 2, 23, 1193. Prime factorization of 54878 in exponential form is:

54878 = 2¹ × 23¹ × 1193¹

Step-3: Factors of 54862

List of positive integer factors of 54862 that divides 54862 without a remainder.

1, 2, 27431

Step-4: Factors of 54878

List of positive integer factors of 54878 that divides 54862 without a remainder.

1, 2, 23, 46, 1193, 2386, 27439

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 54862 and 54878. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 54862 and 54878 is 2.

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