What is the Greatest Common Factor of 57998 and 58008?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 57998 and 58008 is 2.

GCF(57998,58008) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 57998 and 58008, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 57998 and 58008.

How to find the GCF of 57998 and 58008?

We will first find the prime factorization of 57998 and 58008. After we will calculate the factors of 57998 and 58008 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 57998

Prime factors of 57998 are 2, 47, 617. Prime factorization of 57998 in exponential form is:

57998 = 2¹ × 47¹ × 617¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 58008

Prime factors of 58008 are 2, 3, 2417. Prime factorization of 58008 in exponential form is:

58008 = 2³ × 3¹ × 2417¹

Step-3: Factors of 57998

List of positive integer factors of 57998 that divides 57998 without a remainder.

1, 2, 47, 94, 617, 1234, 28999

Step-4: Factors of 58008

List of positive integer factors of 58008 that divides 57998 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 2417, 4834, 7251, 9668, 14502, 19336, 29004

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 57998 and 58008. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 57998 and 58008 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 57998 and 58008