What is the Greatest Common Factor of 58678 and 58698?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 58678 and 58698 is 2.

GCF(58678,58698) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 58678 and 58698, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 58678 and 58698.

How to find the GCF of 58678 and 58698?

We will first find the prime factorization of 58678 and 58698. After we will calculate the factors of 58678 and 58698 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 58678

Prime factors of 58678 are 2, 29339. Prime factorization of 58678 in exponential form is:

58678 = 2¹ × 29339¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 58698

Prime factors of 58698 are 2, 3, 1087. Prime factorization of 58698 in exponential form is:

58698 = 2¹ × 3³ × 1087¹

Step-3: Factors of 58678

List of positive integer factors of 58678 that divides 58678 without a remainder.

1, 2, 29339

Step-4: Factors of 58698

List of positive integer factors of 58698 that divides 58678 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 27, 54, 1087, 2174, 3261, 6522, 9783, 19566, 29349

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 58678 and 58698. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 58678 and 58698 is 2.

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