What is the Greatest Common Factor of 58902 and 58916?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 58902 and 58916 is 2.

GCF(58902,58916) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 58902 and 58916, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 58902 and 58916.

How to find the GCF of 58902 and 58916?

We will first find the prime factorization of 58902 and 58916. After we will calculate the factors of 58902 and 58916 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 58902

Prime factors of 58902 are 2, 3, 9817. Prime factorization of 58902 in exponential form is:

58902 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 9817¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 58916

Prime factors of 58916 are 2, 11, 13, 103. Prime factorization of 58916 in exponential form is:

58916 = 2² × 11¹ × 13¹ × 103¹

Step-3: Factors of 58902

List of positive integer factors of 58902 that divides 58902 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9817, 19634, 29451

Step-4: Factors of 58916

List of positive integer factors of 58916 that divides 58902 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 11, 13, 22, 26, 44, 52, 103, 143, 206, 286, 412, 572, 1133, 1339, 2266, 2678, 4532, 5356, 14729, 29458

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 58902 and 58916. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 58902 and 58916 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 58902 and 58916