What is the Greatest Common Factor of 58227 and 58242?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 58227 and 58242 is 3.

GCF(58227,58242) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 58227 and 58242, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 58227 and 58242.

How to find the GCF of 58227 and 58242?

We will first find the prime factorization of 58227 and 58242. After we will calculate the factors of 58227 and 58242 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 58227

Prime factors of 58227 are 3, 13, 1493. Prime factorization of 58227 in exponential form is:

58227 = 3¹ × 13¹ × 1493¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 58242

Prime factors of 58242 are 2, 3, 17, 571. Prime factorization of 58242 in exponential form is:

58242 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 17¹ × 571¹

Step-3: Factors of 58227

List of positive integer factors of 58227 that divides 58227 without a remainder.

1, 3, 13, 39, 1493, 4479, 19409

Step-4: Factors of 58242

List of positive integer factors of 58242 that divides 58227 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 17, 34, 51, 102, 571, 1142, 1713, 3426, 9707, 19414, 29121

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 58227 and 58242. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 58227 and 58242 is 3.

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