What is the Greatest Common Factor of 58486 and 58492?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 58486 and 58492 is 2.

GCF(58486,58492) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 58486 and 58492, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 58486 and 58492.

How to find the GCF of 58486 and 58492?

We will first find the prime factorization of 58486 and 58492. After we will calculate the factors of 58486 and 58492 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 58486

Prime factors of 58486 are 2, 29243. Prime factorization of 58486 in exponential form is:

58486 = 2¹ × 29243¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 58492

Prime factors of 58492 are 2, 7, 2089. Prime factorization of 58492 in exponential form is:

58492 = 2² × 7¹ × 2089¹

Step-3: Factors of 58486

List of positive integer factors of 58486 that divides 58486 without a remainder.

1, 2, 29243

Step-4: Factors of 58492

List of positive integer factors of 58492 that divides 58486 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28, 2089, 4178, 8356, 14623, 29246

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 58486 and 58492. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 58486 and 58492 is 2.

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