What is the Greatest Common Factor of 57830 and 57842?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 57830 and 57842 is 2.

GCF(57830,57842) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 57830 and 57842, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 57830 and 57842.

How to find the GCF of 57830 and 57842?

We will first find the prime factorization of 57830 and 57842. After we will calculate the factors of 57830 and 57842 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 57830

Prime factors of 57830 are 2, 5, 5783. Prime factorization of 57830 in exponential form is:

57830 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 5783¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 57842

Prime factors of 57842 are 2, 28921. Prime factorization of 57842 in exponential form is:

57842 = 2¹ × 28921¹

Step-3: Factors of 57830

List of positive integer factors of 57830 that divides 57830 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 5783, 11566, 28915

Step-4: Factors of 57842

List of positive integer factors of 57842 that divides 57830 without a remainder.

1, 2, 28921

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 57830 and 57842. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 57830 and 57842 is 2.

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