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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 58842 and 58862?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 58842 and 58862 is 2.

GCF(58842,58862) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 58842 and 58862, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 58842 and 58862.

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How to find the GCF of 58842 and 58862?

We will first find the prime factorization of 58842 and 58862. After we will calculate the factors of 58842 and 58862 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 58842

Prime factors of 58842 are 2, 3, 7, 467. Prime factorization of 58842 in exponential form is:

58842 = 21 × 32 × 71 × 4671

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 58862

Prime factors of 58862 are 2, 19, 1549. Prime factorization of 58862 in exponential form is:

58862 = 21 × 191 × 15491

Step-3: Factors of 58842

List of positive integer factors of 58842 that divides 58842 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 14, 18, 21, 42, 63, 126, 467, 934, 1401, 2802, 3269, 4203, 6538, 8406, 9807, 19614, 29421

Step-4: Factors of 58862

List of positive integer factors of 58862 that divides 58842 without a remainder.

1, 2, 19, 38, 1549, 3098, 29431

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 58842 and 58862. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 58842 and 58862 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 58842 and 58862