What is the Greatest Common Factor of 83912 and 83918?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 83912 and 83918 is 2.

GCF(83912,83918) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 83912 and 83918, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 83912 and 83918.

How to find the GCF of 83912 and 83918?

We will first find the prime factorization of 83912 and 83918. After we will calculate the factors of 83912 and 83918 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 83912

Prime factors of 83912 are 2, 17, 617. Prime factorization of 83912 in exponential form is:

83912 = 2³ × 17¹ × 617¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 83918

Prime factors of 83918 are 2, 41959. Prime factorization of 83918 in exponential form is:

83918 = 2¹ × 41959¹

Step-3: Factors of 83912

List of positive integer factors of 83912 that divides 83912 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 17, 34, 68, 136, 617, 1234, 2468, 4936, 10489, 20978, 41956

Step-4: Factors of 83918

List of positive integer factors of 83918 that divides 83912 without a remainder.

1, 2, 41959

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 83912 and 83918. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 83912 and 83918 is 2.

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