What is the Greatest Common Factor of 59390 and 59408?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 59390 and 59408 is 2.

GCF(59390,59408) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 59390 and 59408, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 59390 and 59408.

How to find the GCF of 59390 and 59408?

We will first find the prime factorization of 59390 and 59408. After we will calculate the factors of 59390 and 59408 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 59390

Prime factors of 59390 are 2, 5, 5939. Prime factorization of 59390 in exponential form is:

59390 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 5939¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 59408

Prime factors of 59408 are 2, 47, 79. Prime factorization of 59408 in exponential form is:

59408 = 2⁴ × 47¹ × 79¹

Step-3: Factors of 59390

List of positive integer factors of 59390 that divides 59390 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 5939, 11878, 29695

Step-4: Factors of 59408

List of positive integer factors of 59408 that divides 59390 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 47, 79, 94, 158, 188, 316, 376, 632, 752, 1264, 3713, 7426, 14852, 29704

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 59390 and 59408. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 59390 and 59408 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 59390 and 59408