What is the Greatest Common Factor of 58714 and 58732?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 58714 and 58732 is 2.

GCF(58714,58732) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 58714 and 58732, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 58714 and 58732.

How to find the GCF of 58714 and 58732?

We will first find the prime factorization of 58714 and 58732. After we will calculate the factors of 58714 and 58732 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 58714

Prime factors of 58714 are 2, 31, 947. Prime factorization of 58714 in exponential form is:

58714 = 2¹ × 31¹ × 947¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 58732

Prime factors of 58732 are 2, 14683. Prime factorization of 58732 in exponential form is:

58732 = 2² × 14683¹

Step-3: Factors of 58714

List of positive integer factors of 58714 that divides 58714 without a remainder.

1, 2, 31, 62, 947, 1894, 29357

Step-4: Factors of 58732

List of positive integer factors of 58732 that divides 58714 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 14683, 29366

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 58714 and 58732. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 58714 and 58732 is 2.

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