What is the Greatest Common Factor of 82956 and 82965?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 82956 and 82965 is 3.

GCF(82956,82965) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 82956 and 82965, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 82956 and 82965.

How to find the GCF of 82956 and 82965?

We will first find the prime factorization of 82956 and 82965. After we will calculate the factors of 82956 and 82965 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 82965

Prime factors of 82965 are 3, 5, 5531. Prime factorization of 82965 in exponential form is:

82965 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 5531¹

Step-3: Factors of 82956

List of positive integer factors of 82956 that divides 82956 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

Step-4: Factors of 82965

List of positive integer factors of 82965 that divides 82956 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 5531, 16593, 27655

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 82956 and 82965. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 82956 and 82965 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 82956 and 82965