What is the Greatest Common Factor of 81958 and 81962?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 81958 and 81962 is 2.

GCF(81958,81962) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 81958 and 81962, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 81958 and 81962.

How to find the GCF of 81958 and 81962?

We will first find the prime factorization of 81958 and 81962. After we will calculate the factors of 81958 and 81962 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 81958

Prime factors of 81958 are 2, 43, 953. Prime factorization of 81958 in exponential form is:

81958 = 2¹ × 43¹ × 953¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 81962

Prime factors of 81962 are 2, 107, 383. Prime factorization of 81962 in exponential form is:

81962 = 2¹ × 107¹ × 383¹

Step-3: Factors of 81958

List of positive integer factors of 81958 that divides 81958 without a remainder.

1, 2, 43, 86, 953, 1906, 40979

Step-4: Factors of 81962

List of positive integer factors of 81962 that divides 81958 without a remainder.

1, 2, 107, 214, 383, 766, 40981

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 81958 and 81962. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 81958 and 81962 is 2.

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