What is the Greatest Common Factor of 82521 and 82538?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 82521 and 82538 is 1.

GCF(82521,82538) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 82521 and 82538, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 82521 and 82538.

How to find the GCF of 82521 and 82538?

We will first find the prime factorization of 82521 and 82538. After we will calculate the factors of 82521 and 82538 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 82521

Prime factors of 82521 are 3, 53, 173. Prime factorization of 82521 in exponential form is:

82521 = 3² × 53¹ × 173¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 82538

Prime factors of 82538 are 2, 41269. Prime factorization of 82538 in exponential form is:

82538 = 2¹ × 41269¹

Step-3: Factors of 82521

List of positive integer factors of 82521 that divides 82521 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 53, 159, 173, 477, 519, 1557, 9169, 27507

Step-4: Factors of 82538

List of positive integer factors of 82538 that divides 82521 without a remainder.

1, 2, 41269

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 82521 and 82538. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 82521 and 82538 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 82521 and 82538