What is the Greatest Common Factor of 58974 and 58980?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 58974 and 58980 is 6.

GCF(58974,58980) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 58974 and 58980, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 58974 and 58980.

How to find the GCF of 58974 and 58980?

We will first find the prime factorization of 58974 and 58980. After we will calculate the factors of 58974 and 58980 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 58974

Prime factors of 58974 are 2, 3, 9829. Prime factorization of 58974 in exponential form is:

58974 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 9829¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 58980

Prime factors of 58980 are 2, 3, 5, 983. Prime factorization of 58980 in exponential form is:

58980 = 2² × 3¹ × 5¹ × 983¹

Step-3: Factors of 58974

List of positive integer factors of 58974 that divides 58974 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9829, 19658, 29487

Step-4: Factors of 58980

List of positive integer factors of 58980 that divides 58974 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, 30, 60, 983, 1966, 2949, 3932, 4915, 5898, 9830, 11796, 14745, 19660, 29490

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 58974 and 58980. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 58974 and 58980 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 58974 and 58980