What is the Greatest Common Factor of 58396 and 58402?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 58396 and 58402 is 2.

GCF(58396,58402) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 58396 and 58402, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 58396 and 58402.

How to find the GCF of 58396 and 58402?

We will first find the prime factorization of 58396 and 58402. After we will calculate the factors of 58396 and 58402 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 58396

Prime factors of 58396 are 2, 13, 1123. Prime factorization of 58396 in exponential form is:

58396 = 2² × 13¹ × 1123¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 58402

Prime factors of 58402 are 2, 29201. Prime factorization of 58402 in exponential form is:

58402 = 2¹ × 29201¹

Step-3: Factors of 58396

List of positive integer factors of 58396 that divides 58396 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 13, 26, 52, 1123, 2246, 4492, 14599, 29198

Step-4: Factors of 58402

List of positive integer factors of 58402 that divides 58396 without a remainder.

1, 2, 29201

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 58396 and 58402. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 58396 and 58402 is 2.

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