What is the Greatest Common Factor of 96542 and 96556?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 96542 and 96556 is 2.

GCF(96542,96556) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 96542 and 96556, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 96542 and 96556.

How to find the GCF of 96542 and 96556?

We will first find the prime factorization of 96542 and 96556. After we will calculate the factors of 96542 and 96556 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 96542

Prime factors of 96542 are 2, 48271. Prime factorization of 96542 in exponential form is:

96542 = 2¹ × 48271¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 96556

Prime factors of 96556 are 2, 101, 239. Prime factorization of 96556 in exponential form is:

96556 = 2² × 101¹ × 239¹

Step-3: Factors of 96542

List of positive integer factors of 96542 that divides 96542 without a remainder.

1, 2, 48271

Step-4: Factors of 96556

List of positive integer factors of 96556 that divides 96542 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 101, 202, 239, 404, 478, 956, 24139, 48278

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 96542 and 96556. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 96542 and 96556 is 2.

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