What is the Greatest Common Factor of 79542 and 79546?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 79542 and 79546 is 2.

GCF(79542,79546) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 79542 and 79546, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 79542 and 79546.

How to find the GCF of 79542 and 79546?

We will first find the prime factorization of 79542 and 79546. After we will calculate the factors of 79542 and 79546 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 79542

Prime factors of 79542 are 2, 3, 491. Prime factorization of 79542 in exponential form is:

79542 = 2¹ × 3⁴ × 491¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 79546

Prime factors of 79546 are 2, 31, 1283. Prime factorization of 79546 in exponential form is:

79546 = 2¹ × 31¹ × 1283¹

Step-3: Factors of 79542

List of positive integer factors of 79542 that divides 79542 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 27, 54, 81, 162, 491, 982, 1473, 2946, 4419, 8838, 13257, 26514, 39771

Step-4: Factors of 79546

List of positive integer factors of 79546 that divides 79542 without a remainder.

1, 2, 31, 62, 1283, 2566, 39773

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 79542 and 79546. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 79542 and 79546 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 79542 and 79546