What is the Greatest Common Factor of 82872 and 82882?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 82872 and 82882 is 2.

GCF(82872,82882) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 82872 and 82882, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 82872 and 82882.

How to find the GCF of 82872 and 82882?

We will first find the prime factorization of 82872 and 82882. After we will calculate the factors of 82872 and 82882 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 82872

Prime factors of 82872 are 2, 3, 1151. Prime factorization of 82872 in exponential form is:

82872 = 2³ × 3² × 1151¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 82882

Prime factors of 82882 are 2, 29, 1429. Prime factorization of 82882 in exponential form is:

82882 = 2¹ × 29¹ × 1429¹

Step-3: Factors of 82872

List of positive integer factors of 82872 that divides 82872 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 72, 1151, 2302, 3453, 4604, 6906, 9208, 10359, 13812, 20718, 27624, 41436

Step-4: Factors of 82882

List of positive integer factors of 82882 that divides 82872 without a remainder.

1, 2, 29, 58, 1429, 2858, 41441

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 82872 and 82882. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 82872 and 82882 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 82872 and 82882