What is the Greatest Common Factor of 58398 and 58418?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 58398 and 58418 is 2.

GCF(58398,58418) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 58398 and 58418, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 58398 and 58418.

How to find the GCF of 58398 and 58418?

We will first find the prime factorization of 58398 and 58418. After we will calculate the factors of 58398 and 58418 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 58398

Prime factors of 58398 are 2, 3, 9733. Prime factorization of 58398 in exponential form is:

58398 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 9733¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 58418

Prime factors of 58418 are 2, 29209. Prime factorization of 58418 in exponential form is:

58418 = 2¹ × 29209¹

Step-3: Factors of 58398

List of positive integer factors of 58398 that divides 58398 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9733, 19466, 29199

Step-4: Factors of 58418

List of positive integer factors of 58418 that divides 58398 without a remainder.

1, 2, 29209

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 58398 and 58418. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 58398 and 58418 is 2.

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