What is the Greatest Common Factor of 54964 and 54972?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 54964 and 54972 is 4.

GCF(54964,54972) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 54964 and 54972, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 54964 and 54972.

How to find the GCF of 54964 and 54972?

We will first find the prime factorization of 54964 and 54972. After we will calculate the factors of 54964 and 54972 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 54964

Prime factors of 54964 are 2, 7, 13, 151. Prime factorization of 54964 in exponential form is:

54964 = 2² × 7¹ × 13¹ × 151¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 54972

Prime factors of 54972 are 2, 3, 509. Prime factorization of 54972 in exponential form is:

54972 = 2² × 3³ × 509¹

Step-3: Factors of 54964

List of positive integer factors of 54964 that divides 54964 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 13, 14, 26, 28, 52, 91, 151, 182, 302, 364, 604, 1057, 1963, 2114, 3926, 4228, 7852, 13741, 27482

Step-4: Factors of 54972

List of positive integer factors of 54972 that divides 54964 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 27, 36, 54, 108, 509, 1018, 1527, 2036, 3054, 4581, 6108, 9162, 13743, 18324, 27486

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 54964 and 54972. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 54964 and 54972 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 54964 and 54972