What is the Greatest Common Factor of 9542 and 9558?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 9542 and 9558 is 2.

GCF(9542,9558) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 9542 and 9558, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 9542 and 9558.

How to find the GCF of 9542 and 9558?

We will first find the prime factorization of 9542 and 9558. After we will calculate the factors of 9542 and 9558 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 9542

Prime factors of 9542 are 2, 13, 367. Prime factorization of 9542 in exponential form is:

9542 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 367¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 9558

Prime factors of 9558 are 2, 3, 59. Prime factorization of 9558 in exponential form is:

9558 = 2¹ × 3⁴ × 59¹

Step-3: Factors of 9542

List of positive integer factors of 9542 that divides 9542 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 367, 734, 4771

Step-4: Factors of 9558

List of positive integer factors of 9558 that divides 9542 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 27, 54, 59, 81, 118, 162, 177, 354, 531, 1062, 1593, 3186, 4779

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 9542 and 9558. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 9542 and 9558 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 9542 and 9558