What is the Greatest Common Factor of 81950 and 81968?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 81950 and 81968 is 2.

GCF(81950,81968) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 81950 and 81968, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 81950 and 81968.

How to find the GCF of 81950 and 81968?

We will first find the prime factorization of 81950 and 81968. After we will calculate the factors of 81950 and 81968 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 81950

Prime factors of 81950 are 2, 5, 11, 149. Prime factorization of 81950 in exponential form is:

81950 = 2¹ × 5² × 11¹ × 149¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 81968

Prime factors of 81968 are 2, 47, 109. Prime factorization of 81968 in exponential form is:

81968 = 2⁴ × 47¹ × 109¹

Step-3: Factors of 81950

List of positive integer factors of 81950 that divides 81950 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 11, 22, 25, 50, 55, 110, 149, 275, 298, 550, 745, 1490, 1639, 3278, 3725, 7450, 8195, 16390, 40975

Step-4: Factors of 81968

List of positive integer factors of 81968 that divides 81950 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 47, 94, 109, 188, 218, 376, 436, 752, 872, 1744, 5123, 10246, 20492, 40984

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 81950 and 81968. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 81950 and 81968 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 81950 and 81968