What is the Greatest Common Factor of 54942 and 54952?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 54942 and 54952 is 2.

GCF(54942,54952) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 54942 and 54952, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 54942 and 54952.

How to find the GCF of 54942 and 54952?

We will first find the prime factorization of 54942 and 54952. After we will calculate the factors of 54942 and 54952 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 54942

Prime factors of 54942 are 2, 3, 9157. Prime factorization of 54942 in exponential form is:

54942 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 9157¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 54952

Prime factors of 54952 are 2, 6869. Prime factorization of 54952 in exponential form is:

54952 = 2³ × 6869¹

Step-3: Factors of 54942

List of positive integer factors of 54942 that divides 54942 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9157, 18314, 27471

Step-4: Factors of 54952

List of positive integer factors of 54952 that divides 54942 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 6869, 13738, 27476

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 54942 and 54952. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 54942 and 54952 is 2.

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