What is the Greatest Common Factor of 58242 and 58248?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 58242 and 58248 is 6.

GCF(58242,58248) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 58242 and 58248, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 58242 and 58248.

How to find the GCF of 58242 and 58248?

We will first find the prime factorization of 58242 and 58248. After we will calculate the factors of 58242 and 58248 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 58248

Prime factors of 58248 are 2, 3, 809. Prime factorization of 58248 in exponential form is:

58248 = 2³ × 3² × 809¹

Step-3: Factors of 58242

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 58248

List of positive integer factors of 58248 that divides 58242 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 72, 809, 1618, 2427, 3236, 4854, 6472, 7281, 9708, 14562, 19416, 29124

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 58242 and 58248. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 58242 and 58248 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 58242 and 58248