What is the Greatest Common Factor of 58972 and 58988?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 58972 and 58988 is 4.

GCF(58972,58988) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 58972 and 58988, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 58972 and 58988.

How to find the GCF of 58972 and 58988?

We will first find the prime factorization of 58972 and 58988. After we will calculate the factors of 58972 and 58988 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 58972

Prime factors of 58972 are 2, 23, 641. Prime factorization of 58972 in exponential form is:

58972 = 2² × 23¹ × 641¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 58988

Prime factors of 58988 are 2, 14747. Prime factorization of 58988 in exponential form is:

58988 = 2² × 14747¹

Step-3: Factors of 58972

List of positive integer factors of 58972 that divides 58972 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 23, 46, 92, 641, 1282, 2564, 14743, 29486

Step-4: Factors of 58988

List of positive integer factors of 58988 that divides 58972 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 14747, 29494

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 58972 and 58988. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 58972 and 58988 is 4.

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