What is the Greatest Common Factor of 58430 and 58438?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 58430 and 58438 is 2.

GCF(58430,58438) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 58430 and 58438, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 58430 and 58438.

How to find the GCF of 58430 and 58438?

We will first find the prime factorization of 58430 and 58438. After we will calculate the factors of 58430 and 58438 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 58430

Prime factors of 58430 are 2, 5, 5843. Prime factorization of 58430 in exponential form is:

58430 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 5843¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 58438

Prime factors of 58438 are 2, 61, 479. Prime factorization of 58438 in exponential form is:

58438 = 2¹ × 61¹ × 479¹

Step-3: Factors of 58430

List of positive integer factors of 58430 that divides 58430 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 5843, 11686, 29215

Step-4: Factors of 58438

List of positive integer factors of 58438 that divides 58430 without a remainder.

1, 2, 61, 122, 479, 958, 29219

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 58430 and 58438. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 58430 and 58438 is 2.

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