What is the Greatest Common Factor of 54940 and 54946?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 54940 and 54946 is 2.

GCF(54940,54946) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 54940 and 54946, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 54940 and 54946.

How to find the GCF of 54940 and 54946?

We will first find the prime factorization of 54940 and 54946. After we will calculate the factors of 54940 and 54946 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 54940

Prime factors of 54940 are 2, 5, 41, 67. Prime factorization of 54940 in exponential form is:

54940 = 2² × 5¹ × 41¹ × 67¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 54946

Prime factors of 54946 are 2, 83, 331. Prime factorization of 54946 in exponential form is:

54946 = 2¹ × 83¹ × 331¹

Step-3: Factors of 54940

List of positive integer factors of 54940 that divides 54940 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 41, 67, 82, 134, 164, 205, 268, 335, 410, 670, 820, 1340, 2747, 5494, 10988, 13735, 27470

Step-4: Factors of 54946

List of positive integer factors of 54946 that divides 54940 without a remainder.

1, 2, 83, 166, 331, 662, 27473

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 54940 and 54946. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 54940 and 54946 is 2.

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