What is the Greatest Common Factor of 82855 and 82870?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 82855 and 82870 is 5.

GCF(82855,82870) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 82855 and 82870, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 82855 and 82870.

How to find the GCF of 82855 and 82870?

We will first find the prime factorization of 82855 and 82870. After we will calculate the factors of 82855 and 82870 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 82855

Prime factors of 82855 are 5, 73, 227. Prime factorization of 82855 in exponential form is:

82855 = 5¹ × 73¹ × 227¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 82870

Prime factors of 82870 are 2, 5, 8287. Prime factorization of 82870 in exponential form is:

82870 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 8287¹

Step-3: Factors of 82855

List of positive integer factors of 82855 that divides 82855 without a remainder.

1, 5, 73, 227, 365, 1135, 16571

Step-4: Factors of 82870

List of positive integer factors of 82870 that divides 82855 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 8287, 16574, 41435

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 82855 and 82870. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 82855 and 82870 is 5.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 82855 and 82870