What is the Greatest Common Factor of 84718 and 84730?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 84718 and 84730 is 2.

GCF(84718,84730) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 84718 and 84730, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 84718 and 84730.

How to find the GCF of 84718 and 84730?

We will first find the prime factorization of 84718 and 84730. After we will calculate the factors of 84718 and 84730 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 84718

Prime factors of 84718 are 2, 42359. Prime factorization of 84718 in exponential form is:

84718 = 2¹ × 42359¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 84730

Prime factors of 84730 are 2, 5, 37, 229. Prime factorization of 84730 in exponential form is:

84730 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 37¹ × 229¹

Step-3: Factors of 84718

List of positive integer factors of 84718 that divides 84718 without a remainder.

1, 2, 42359

Step-4: Factors of 84730

List of positive integer factors of 84730 that divides 84718 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 37, 74, 185, 229, 370, 458, 1145, 2290, 8473, 16946, 42365

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 84718 and 84730. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 84718 and 84730 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 84718 and 84730