What is the Greatest Common Factor of 84878 and 84894?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 84878 and 84894 is 2.

GCF(84878,84894) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 84878 and 84894, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 84878 and 84894.

How to find the GCF of 84878 and 84894?

We will first find the prime factorization of 84878 and 84894. After we will calculate the factors of 84878 and 84894 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 84878

Prime factors of 84878 are 2, 31, 37. Prime factorization of 84878 in exponential form is:

84878 = 2¹ × 31¹ × 37²

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 84894

Prime factors of 84894 are 2, 3, 14149. Prime factorization of 84894 in exponential form is:

84894 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 14149¹

Step-3: Factors of 84878

List of positive integer factors of 84878 that divides 84878 without a remainder.

1, 2, 31, 37, 62, 74, 1147, 1369, 2294, 2738, 42439

Step-4: Factors of 84894

List of positive integer factors of 84894 that divides 84878 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 14149, 28298, 42447

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 84878 and 84894. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 84878 and 84894 is 2.

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