What is the Greatest Common Factor of 69158 and 69172?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 69158 and 69172 is 2.

GCF(69158,69172) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 69158 and 69172, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 69158 and 69172.

How to find the GCF of 69158 and 69172?

We will first find the prime factorization of 69158 and 69172. After we will calculate the factors of 69158 and 69172 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 69158

Prime factors of 69158 are 2, 151, 229. Prime factorization of 69158 in exponential form is:

69158 = 2¹ × 151¹ × 229¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 69172

Prime factors of 69172 are 2, 17293. Prime factorization of 69172 in exponential form is:

69172 = 2² × 17293¹

Step-3: Factors of 69158

List of positive integer factors of 69158 that divides 69158 without a remainder.

1, 2, 151, 229, 302, 458, 34579

Step-4: Factors of 69172

List of positive integer factors of 69172 that divides 69158 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 17293, 34586

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 69158 and 69172. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 69158 and 69172 is 2.

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