What is the Greatest Common Factor of 34820 and 34838?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 34820 and 34838 is 2.

GCF(34820,34838) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 34820 and 34838, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 34820 and 34838.

How to find the GCF of 34820 and 34838?

We will first find the prime factorization of 34820 and 34838. After we will calculate the factors of 34820 and 34838 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 34820

Prime factors of 34820 are 2, 5, 1741. Prime factorization of 34820 in exponential form is:

34820 = 2² × 5¹ × 1741¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 34838

Prime factors of 34838 are 2, 17419. Prime factorization of 34838 in exponential form is:

34838 = 2¹ × 17419¹

Step-3: Factors of 34820

List of positive integer factors of 34820 that divides 34820 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 1741, 3482, 6964, 8705, 17410

Step-4: Factors of 34838

List of positive integer factors of 34838 that divides 34820 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17419

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 34820 and 34838. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 34820 and 34838 is 2.

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