What is the Greatest Common Factor of 57952 and 57958?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 57952 and 57958 is 2.

GCF(57952,57958) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 57952 and 57958, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 57952 and 57958.

How to find the GCF of 57952 and 57958?

We will first find the prime factorization of 57952 and 57958. After we will calculate the factors of 57952 and 57958 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 57952

Prime factors of 57952 are 2, 1811. Prime factorization of 57952 in exponential form is:

57952 = 2⁵ × 1811¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 57958

Prime factors of 57958 are 2, 28979. Prime factorization of 57958 in exponential form is:

57958 = 2¹ × 28979¹

Step-3: Factors of 57952

List of positive integer factors of 57952 that divides 57952 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 1811, 3622, 7244, 14488, 28976

Step-4: Factors of 57958

List of positive integer factors of 57958 that divides 57952 without a remainder.

1, 2, 28979

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 57952 and 57958. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 57952 and 57958 is 2.

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