What is the Greatest Common Factor of 57994 and 58002?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 57994 and 58002 is 2.

GCF(57994,58002) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 57994 and 58002, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 57994 and 58002.

How to find the GCF of 57994 and 58002?

We will first find the prime factorization of 57994 and 58002. After we will calculate the factors of 57994 and 58002 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 57994

Prime factors of 57994 are 2, 107, 271. Prime factorization of 57994 in exponential form is:

57994 = 2¹ × 107¹ × 271¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 58002

Prime factors of 58002 are 2, 3, 7, 1381. Prime factorization of 58002 in exponential form is:

58002 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 7¹ × 1381¹

Step-3: Factors of 57994

List of positive integer factors of 57994 that divides 57994 without a remainder.

1, 2, 107, 214, 271, 542, 28997

Step-4: Factors of 58002

List of positive integer factors of 58002 that divides 57994 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 14, 21, 42, 1381, 2762, 4143, 8286, 9667, 19334, 29001

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 57994 and 58002. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 57994 and 58002 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 57994 and 58002