What is the Greatest Common Factor of 54878 and 54898?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 54878 and 54898 is 2.

GCF(54878,54898) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 54878 and 54898, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 54878 and 54898.

How to find the GCF of 54878 and 54898?

We will first find the prime factorization of 54878 and 54898. After we will calculate the factors of 54878 and 54898 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 54898

Prime factors of 54898 are 2, 27449. Prime factorization of 54898 in exponential form is:

54898 = 2¹ × 27449¹

Step-3: Factors of 54878

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 54898

List of positive integer factors of 54898 that divides 54878 without a remainder.

1, 2, 27449

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 54878 and 54898. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 54878 and 54898 is 2.

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