What is the Greatest Common Factor of 58930 and 58945?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 58930 and 58945 is 5.

GCF(58930,58945) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 58930 and 58945, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 58930 and 58945.

How to find the GCF of 58930 and 58945?

We will first find the prime factorization of 58930 and 58945. After we will calculate the factors of 58930 and 58945 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 58930

Prime factors of 58930 are 2, 5, 71, 83. Prime factorization of 58930 in exponential form is:

58930 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 71¹ × 83¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 58945

Prime factors of 58945 are 5, 11789. Prime factorization of 58945 in exponential form is:

58945 = 5¹ × 11789¹

Step-3: Factors of 58930

List of positive integer factors of 58930 that divides 58930 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 71, 83, 142, 166, 355, 415, 710, 830, 5893, 11786, 29465

Step-4: Factors of 58945

List of positive integer factors of 58945 that divides 58930 without a remainder.

1, 5, 11789

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 58930 and 58945. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 58930 and 58945 is 5.

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