What is the Greatest Common Factor of 58237 and 58242?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 58237 and 58242 is 1.

GCF(58237,58242) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 58237 and 58242, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 58237 and 58242.

How to find the GCF of 58237 and 58242?

We will first find the prime factorization of 58237 and 58242. After we will calculate the factors of 58237 and 58242 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 58237

Prime factors of 58237 are 58237. Prime factorization of 58237 in exponential form is:

58237 = 58237¹

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 58237

List of positive integer factors of 58237 that divides 58237 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 58242

List of positive integer factors of 58242 that divides 58237 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 58237 and 58242. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 58237 and 58242 is 1.

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