What is the Greatest Common Factor of 82998 and 83012?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 82998 and 83012 is 2.

GCF(82998,83012) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 82998 and 83012, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 82998 and 83012.

How to find the GCF of 82998 and 83012?

We will first find the prime factorization of 82998 and 83012. After we will calculate the factors of 82998 and 83012 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 82998

Prime factors of 82998 are 2, 3, 29, 53. Prime factorization of 82998 in exponential form is:

82998 = 2¹ × 3³ × 29¹ × 53¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 83012

Prime factors of 83012 are 2, 20753. Prime factorization of 83012 in exponential form is:

83012 = 2² × 20753¹

Step-3: Factors of 82998

List of positive integer factors of 82998 that divides 82998 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 27, 29, 53, 54, 58, 87, 106, 159, 174, 261, 318, 477, 522, 783, 954, 1431, 1537, 1566, 2862, 3074, 4611, 9222, 13833, 27666, 41499

Step-4: Factors of 83012

List of positive integer factors of 83012 that divides 82998 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 20753, 41506

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 82998 and 83012. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 82998 and 83012 is 2.

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