What is the Greatest Common Factor of 64840 and 64846?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 64840 and 64846 is 2.

GCF(64840,64846) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 64840 and 64846, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 64840 and 64846.

How to find the GCF of 64840 and 64846?

We will first find the prime factorization of 64840 and 64846. After we will calculate the factors of 64840 and 64846 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 64840

Prime factors of 64840 are 2, 5, 1621. Prime factorization of 64840 in exponential form is:

64840 = 2³ × 5¹ × 1621¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 64846

Prime factors of 64846 are 2, 32423. Prime factorization of 64846 in exponential form is:

64846 = 2¹ × 32423¹

Step-3: Factors of 64840

List of positive integer factors of 64840 that divides 64840 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 40, 1621, 3242, 6484, 8105, 12968, 16210, 32420

Step-4: Factors of 64846

List of positive integer factors of 64846 that divides 64840 without a remainder.

1, 2, 32423

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 64840 and 64846. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 64840 and 64846 is 2.

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