What is the Greatest Common Factor of 58160 and 58172?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 58160 and 58172 is 4.

GCF(58160,58172) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 58160 and 58172, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 58160 and 58172.

How to find the GCF of 58160 and 58172?

We will first find the prime factorization of 58160 and 58172. After we will calculate the factors of 58160 and 58172 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 58160

Prime factors of 58160 are 2, 5, 727. Prime factorization of 58160 in exponential form is:

58160 = 2⁴ × 5¹ × 727¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 58172

Prime factors of 58172 are 2, 14543. Prime factorization of 58172 in exponential form is:

58172 = 2² × 14543¹

Step-3: Factors of 58160

List of positive integer factors of 58160 that divides 58160 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 40, 80, 727, 1454, 2908, 3635, 5816, 7270, 11632, 14540, 29080

Step-4: Factors of 58172

List of positive integer factors of 58172 that divides 58160 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 14543, 29086

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 58160 and 58172. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 58160 and 58172 is 4.

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