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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 3872 and 3882?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 3872 and 3882 is 2.

GCF(3872,3882) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 3872 and 3882, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 3872 and 3882.

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How to find the GCF of 3872 and 3882?

We will first find the prime factorization of 3872 and 3882. After we will calculate the factors of 3872 and 3882 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 3872

Prime factors of 3872 are 2, 11. Prime factorization of 3872 in exponential form is:

3872 = 25 × 112

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 3882

Prime factors of 3882 are 2, 3, 647. Prime factorization of 3882 in exponential form is:

3882 = 21 × 31 × 6471

Step-3: Factors of 3872

List of positive integer factors of 3872 that divides 3872 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 16, 22, 32, 44, 88, 121, 176, 242, 352, 484, 968, 1936

Step-4: Factors of 3882

List of positive integer factors of 3882 that divides 3872 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 647, 1294, 1941

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 3872 and 3882. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 3872 and 3882 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 3872 and 3882