What is the Greatest Common Factor of 59470 and 59478?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 59470 and 59478 is 2.

GCF(59470,59478) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 59470 and 59478, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 59470 and 59478.

How to find the GCF of 59470 and 59478?

We will first find the prime factorization of 59470 and 59478. After we will calculate the factors of 59470 and 59478 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 59470

Prime factors of 59470 are 2, 5, 19, 313. Prime factorization of 59470 in exponential form is:

59470 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 19¹ × 313¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 59478

Prime factors of 59478 are 2, 3, 23, 431. Prime factorization of 59478 in exponential form is:

59478 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 23¹ × 431¹

Step-3: Factors of 59470

List of positive integer factors of 59470 that divides 59470 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 19, 38, 95, 190, 313, 626, 1565, 3130, 5947, 11894, 29735

Step-4: Factors of 59478

List of positive integer factors of 59478 that divides 59470 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 23, 46, 69, 138, 431, 862, 1293, 2586, 9913, 19826, 29739

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 59470 and 59478. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 59470 and 59478 is 2.

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