What is the Greatest Common Factor of 82942 and 82956?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 82942 and 82956 is 2.

GCF(82942,82956) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 82942 and 82956, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 82942 and 82956.

How to find the GCF of 82942 and 82956?

We will first find the prime factorization of 82942 and 82956. After we will calculate the factors of 82942 and 82956 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 82942

Prime factors of 82942 are 2, 113, 367. Prime factorization of 82942 in exponential form is:

82942 = 2¹ × 113¹ × 367¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 82956

Prime factors of 82956 are 2, 3, 31, 223. Prime factorization of 82956 in exponential form is:

82956 = 2² × 3¹ × 31¹ × 223¹

Step-3: Factors of 82942

List of positive integer factors of 82942 that divides 82942 without a remainder.

1, 2, 113, 226, 367, 734, 41471

Step-4: Factors of 82956

List of positive integer factors of 82956 that divides 82942 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 31, 62, 93, 124, 186, 223, 372, 446, 669, 892, 1338, 2676, 6913, 13826, 20739, 27652, 41478

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 82942 and 82956. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 82942 and 82956 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 82942 and 82956