What is the Greatest Common Factor of 59354 and 59372?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 59354 and 59372 is 2.

GCF(59354,59372) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 59354 and 59372, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 59354 and 59372.

How to find the GCF of 59354 and 59372?

We will first find the prime factorization of 59354 and 59372. After we will calculate the factors of 59354 and 59372 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 59354

Prime factors of 59354 are 2, 59, 503. Prime factorization of 59354 in exponential form is:

59354 = 2¹ × 59¹ × 503¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 59372

Prime factors of 59372 are 2, 14843. Prime factorization of 59372 in exponential form is:

59372 = 2² × 14843¹

Step-3: Factors of 59354

List of positive integer factors of 59354 that divides 59354 without a remainder.

1, 2, 59, 118, 503, 1006, 29677

Step-4: Factors of 59372

List of positive integer factors of 59372 that divides 59354 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 14843, 29686

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 59354 and 59372. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 59354 and 59372 is 2.

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