What is the Greatest Common Factor of 81856 and 81864?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 81856 and 81864 is 8.

GCF(81856,81864) = 8

We will now calculate the prime factors of 81856 and 81864, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 81856 and 81864.

How to find the GCF of 81856 and 81864?

We will first find the prime factorization of 81856 and 81864. After we will calculate the factors of 81856 and 81864 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 81856

Prime factors of 81856 are 2, 1279. Prime factorization of 81856 in exponential form is:

81856 = 2⁶ × 1279¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 81864

Prime factors of 81864 are 2, 3, 379. Prime factorization of 81864 in exponential form is:

81864 = 2³ × 3³ × 379¹

Step-3: Factors of 81856

List of positive integer factors of 81856 that divides 81856 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 1279, 2558, 5116, 10232, 20464, 40928

Step-4: Factors of 81864

List of positive integer factors of 81864 that divides 81856 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 18, 24, 27, 36, 54, 72, 108, 216, 379, 758, 1137, 1516, 2274, 3032, 3411, 4548, 6822, 9096, 10233, 13644, 20466, 27288, 40932

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 81856 and 81864. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 81856 and 81864 is 8.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 81856 and 81864