What is the Greatest Common Factor of 82964 and 82982?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 82964 and 82982 is 2.

GCF(82964,82982) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 82964 and 82982, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 82964 and 82982.

How to find the GCF of 82964 and 82982?

We will first find the prime factorization of 82964 and 82982. After we will calculate the factors of 82964 and 82982 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 82964

Prime factors of 82964 are 2, 7, 2963. Prime factorization of 82964 in exponential form is:

82964 = 2² × 7¹ × 2963¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 82982

Prime factors of 82982 are 2, 41491. Prime factorization of 82982 in exponential form is:

82982 = 2¹ × 41491¹

Step-3: Factors of 82964

List of positive integer factors of 82964 that divides 82964 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28, 2963, 5926, 11852, 20741, 41482

Step-4: Factors of 82982

List of positive integer factors of 82982 that divides 82964 without a remainder.

1, 2, 41491

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 82964 and 82982. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 82964 and 82982 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 82964 and 82982