What is the Greatest Common Factor of 58226 and 58246?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 58226 and 58246 is 2.

GCF(58226,58246) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 58226 and 58246, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 58226 and 58246.

How to find the GCF of 58226 and 58246?

We will first find the prime factorization of 58226 and 58246. After we will calculate the factors of 58226 and 58246 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 58226

Prime factors of 58226 are 2, 7, 4159. Prime factorization of 58226 in exponential form is:

58226 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 4159¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 58246

Prime factors of 58246 are 2, 29123. Prime factorization of 58246 in exponential form is:

58246 = 2¹ × 29123¹

Step-3: Factors of 58226

List of positive integer factors of 58226 that divides 58226 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 4159, 8318, 29113

Step-4: Factors of 58246

List of positive integer factors of 58246 that divides 58226 without a remainder.

1, 2, 29123

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 58226 and 58246. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 58226 and 58246 is 2.

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