What is the Greatest Common Factor of 82961 and 82968?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 82961 and 82968 is 1.

GCF(82961,82968) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 82961 and 82968, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 82961 and 82968.

How to find the GCF of 82961 and 82968?

We will first find the prime factorization of 82961 and 82968. After we will calculate the factors of 82961 and 82968 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 82961

Prime factors of 82961 are 23, 3607. Prime factorization of 82961 in exponential form is:

82961 = 23¹ × 3607¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 82968

Prime factors of 82968 are 2, 3, 3457. Prime factorization of 82968 in exponential form is:

82968 = 2³ × 3¹ × 3457¹

Step-3: Factors of 82961

List of positive integer factors of 82961 that divides 82961 without a remainder.

1, 23, 3607

Step-4: Factors of 82968

List of positive integer factors of 82968 that divides 82961 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 3457, 6914, 10371, 13828, 20742, 27656, 41484

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 82961 and 82968. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 82961 and 82968 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 82961 and 82968