What is the Greatest Common Factor of 61466 and 61478?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 61466 and 61478 is 2.

GCF(61466,61478) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 61466 and 61478, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 61466 and 61478.

How to find the GCF of 61466 and 61478?

We will first find the prime factorization of 61466 and 61478. After we will calculate the factors of 61466 and 61478 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 61466

Prime factors of 61466 are 2, 73, 421. Prime factorization of 61466 in exponential form is:

61466 = 2¹ × 73¹ × 421¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 61478

Prime factors of 61478 are 2, 59, 521. Prime factorization of 61478 in exponential form is:

61478 = 2¹ × 59¹ × 521¹

Step-3: Factors of 61466

List of positive integer factors of 61466 that divides 61466 without a remainder.

1, 2, 73, 146, 421, 842, 30733

Step-4: Factors of 61478

List of positive integer factors of 61478 that divides 61466 without a remainder.

1, 2, 59, 118, 521, 1042, 30739

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 61466 and 61478. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 61466 and 61478 is 2.

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