What is the Greatest Common Factor of 58362 and 58372?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 58362 and 58372 is 2.

GCF(58362,58372) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 58362 and 58372, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 58362 and 58372.

How to find the GCF of 58362 and 58372?

We will first find the prime factorization of 58362 and 58372. After we will calculate the factors of 58362 and 58372 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 58362

Prime factors of 58362 are 2, 3, 71, 137. Prime factorization of 58362 in exponential form is:

58362 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 71¹ × 137¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 58372

Prime factors of 58372 are 2, 14593. Prime factorization of 58372 in exponential form is:

58372 = 2² × 14593¹

Step-3: Factors of 58362

List of positive integer factors of 58362 that divides 58362 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 71, 137, 142, 213, 274, 411, 426, 822, 9727, 19454, 29181

Step-4: Factors of 58372

List of positive integer factors of 58372 that divides 58362 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 14593, 29186

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 58362 and 58372. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 58362 and 58372 is 2.

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