What is the Greatest Common Factor of 57998 and 58018?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 57998 and 58018 is 2.

GCF(57998,58018) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 57998 and 58018, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 57998 and 58018.

How to find the GCF of 57998 and 58018?

We will first find the prime factorization of 57998 and 58018. After we will calculate the factors of 57998 and 58018 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 58018

Prime factors of 58018 are 2, 29009. Prime factorization of 58018 in exponential form is:

58018 = 2¹ × 29009¹

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 58018

List of positive integer factors of 58018 that divides 57998 without a remainder.

1, 2, 29009

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 57998 and 58018. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 57998 and 58018 is 2.

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