What is the Greatest Common Factor of 58780 and 58798?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 58780 and 58798 is 2.

GCF(58780,58798) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 58780 and 58798, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 58780 and 58798.

How to find the GCF of 58780 and 58798?

We will first find the prime factorization of 58780 and 58798. After we will calculate the factors of 58780 and 58798 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 58780

Prime factors of 58780 are 2, 5, 2939. Prime factorization of 58780 in exponential form is:

58780 = 2² × 5¹ × 2939¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 58798

Prime factors of 58798 are 2, 29399. Prime factorization of 58798 in exponential form is:

58798 = 2¹ × 29399¹

Step-3: Factors of 58780

List of positive integer factors of 58780 that divides 58780 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 2939, 5878, 11756, 14695, 29390

Step-4: Factors of 58798

List of positive integer factors of 58798 that divides 58780 without a remainder.

1, 2, 29399

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 58780 and 58798. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 58780 and 58798 is 2.

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