What is the Greatest Common Factor of 58486 and 58494?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 58486 and 58494 is 2.

GCF(58486,58494) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 58486 and 58494, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 58486 and 58494.

How to find the GCF of 58486 and 58494?

We will first find the prime factorization of 58486 and 58494. After we will calculate the factors of 58486 and 58494 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 58494

Prime factors of 58494 are 2, 3, 9749. Prime factorization of 58494 in exponential form is:

58494 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 9749¹

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 58494

List of positive integer factors of 58494 that divides 58486 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9749, 19498, 29247

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 58486 and 58494. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 58486 and 58494 is 2.

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