What is the Greatest Common Factor of 2826 and 2838?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 2826 and 2838 is 6.

GCF(2826,2838) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 2826 and 2838, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 2826 and 2838.

How to find the GCF of 2826 and 2838?

We will first find the prime factorization of 2826 and 2838. After we will calculate the factors of 2826 and 2838 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 2826

Prime factors of 2826 are 2, 3, 157. Prime factorization of 2826 in exponential form is:

2826 = 2¹ × 3² × 157¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 2838

Prime factors of 2838 are 2, 3, 11, 43. Prime factorization of 2838 in exponential form is:

2838 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 11¹ × 43¹

Step-3: Factors of 2826

List of positive integer factors of 2826 that divides 2826 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 157, 314, 471, 942, 1413

Step-4: Factors of 2838

List of positive integer factors of 2838 that divides 2826 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 11, 22, 33, 43, 66, 86, 129, 258, 473, 946, 1419

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 2826 and 2838. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 2826 and 2838 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 2826 and 2838