What is the Greatest Common Factor of 54954 and 54958?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 54954 and 54958 is 2.

GCF(54954,54958) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 54954 and 54958, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 54954 and 54958.

How to find the GCF of 54954 and 54958?

We will first find the prime factorization of 54954 and 54958. After we will calculate the factors of 54954 and 54958 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 54954

Prime factors of 54954 are 2, 3, 43, 71. Prime factorization of 54954 in exponential form is:

54954 = 2¹ × 3² × 43¹ × 71¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 54958

Prime factors of 54958 are 2, 27479. Prime factorization of 54958 in exponential form is:

54958 = 2¹ × 27479¹

Step-3: Factors of 54954

List of positive integer factors of 54954 that divides 54954 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 43, 71, 86, 129, 142, 213, 258, 387, 426, 639, 774, 1278, 3053, 6106, 9159, 18318, 27477

Step-4: Factors of 54958

List of positive integer factors of 54958 that divides 54954 without a remainder.

1, 2, 27479

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 54954 and 54958. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 54954 and 54958 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 54954 and 54958