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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 54974 and 54986?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 54974 and 54986 is 2.

GCF(54974,54986) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 54974 and 54986, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 54974 and 54986.

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How to find the GCF of 54974 and 54986?

We will first find the prime factorization of 54974 and 54986. After we will calculate the factors of 54974 and 54986 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 54974

Prime factors of 54974 are 2, 27487. Prime factorization of 54974 in exponential form is:

54974 = 21 × 274871

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 54986

Prime factors of 54986 are 2, 19, 1447. Prime factorization of 54986 in exponential form is:

54986 = 21 × 191 × 14471

Step-3: Factors of 54974

List of positive integer factors of 54974 that divides 54974 without a remainder.

1, 2, 27487

Step-4: Factors of 54986

List of positive integer factors of 54986 that divides 54974 without a remainder.

1, 2, 19, 38, 1447, 2894, 27493

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 54974 and 54986. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 54974 and 54986 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 54974 and 54986