What is the Greatest Common Factor of 83372 and 83378?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 83372 and 83378 is 2.

GCF(83372,83378) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 83372 and 83378, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 83372 and 83378.

How to find the GCF of 83372 and 83378?

We will first find the prime factorization of 83372 and 83378. After we will calculate the factors of 83372 and 83378 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 83372

Prime factors of 83372 are 2, 19, 1097. Prime factorization of 83372 in exponential form is:

83372 = 2² × 19¹ × 1097¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 83378

Prime factors of 83378 are 2, 47, 887. Prime factorization of 83378 in exponential form is:

83378 = 2¹ × 47¹ × 887¹

Step-3: Factors of 83372

List of positive integer factors of 83372 that divides 83372 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 19, 38, 76, 1097, 2194, 4388, 20843, 41686

Step-4: Factors of 83378

List of positive integer factors of 83378 that divides 83372 without a remainder.

1, 2, 47, 94, 887, 1774, 41689

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 83372 and 83378. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 83372 and 83378 is 2.

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