What is the Greatest Common Factor of 58566 and 58572?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 58566 and 58572 is 6.

GCF(58566,58572) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 58566 and 58572, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 58566 and 58572.

How to find the GCF of 58566 and 58572?

We will first find the prime factorization of 58566 and 58572. After we will calculate the factors of 58566 and 58572 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 58566

Prime factors of 58566 are 2, 3, 43, 227. Prime factorization of 58566 in exponential form is:

58566 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 43¹ × 227¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 58572

Prime factors of 58572 are 2, 3, 1627. Prime factorization of 58572 in exponential form is:

58572 = 2² × 3² × 1627¹

Step-3: Factors of 58566

List of positive integer factors of 58566 that divides 58566 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 43, 86, 129, 227, 258, 454, 681, 1362, 9761, 19522, 29283

Step-4: Factors of 58572

List of positive integer factors of 58572 that divides 58566 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 36, 1627, 3254, 4881, 6508, 9762, 14643, 19524, 29286

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 58566 and 58572. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 58566 and 58572 is 6.

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