What is the Greatest Common Factor of 84834 and 84846?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 84834 and 84846 is 6.

GCF(84834,84846) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 84834 and 84846, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 84834 and 84846.

How to find the GCF of 84834 and 84846?

We will first find the prime factorization of 84834 and 84846. After we will calculate the factors of 84834 and 84846 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 84834

Prime factors of 84834 are 2, 3, 1571. Prime factorization of 84834 in exponential form is:

84834 = 2¹ × 3³ × 1571¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 84846

Prime factors of 84846 are 2, 3, 79, 179. Prime factorization of 84846 in exponential form is:

84846 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 79¹ × 179¹

Step-3: Factors of 84834

List of positive integer factors of 84834 that divides 84834 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 27, 54, 1571, 3142, 4713, 9426, 14139, 28278, 42417

Step-4: Factors of 84846

List of positive integer factors of 84846 that divides 84834 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 79, 158, 179, 237, 358, 474, 537, 1074, 14141, 28282, 42423

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 84834 and 84846. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 84834 and 84846 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 84834 and 84846