What is the Greatest Common Factor of 61928 and 61946?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 61928 and 61946 is 2.

GCF(61928,61946) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 61928 and 61946, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 61928 and 61946.

How to find the GCF of 61928 and 61946?

We will first find the prime factorization of 61928 and 61946. After we will calculate the factors of 61928 and 61946 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 61928

Prime factors of 61928 are 2, 7741. Prime factorization of 61928 in exponential form is:

61928 = 2³ × 7741¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 61946

Prime factors of 61946 are 2, 47, 659. Prime factorization of 61946 in exponential form is:

61946 = 2¹ × 47¹ × 659¹

Step-3: Factors of 61928

List of positive integer factors of 61928 that divides 61928 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 7741, 15482, 30964

Step-4: Factors of 61946

List of positive integer factors of 61946 that divides 61928 without a remainder.

1, 2, 47, 94, 659, 1318, 30973

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 61928 and 61946. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 61928 and 61946 is 2.

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