What is the Greatest Common Factor of 77822 and 77842?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 77822 and 77842 is 2.

GCF(77822,77842) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 77822 and 77842, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 77822 and 77842.

How to find the GCF of 77822 and 77842?

We will first find the prime factorization of 77822 and 77842. After we will calculate the factors of 77822 and 77842 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 77822

Prime factors of 77822 are 2, 167, 233. Prime factorization of 77822 in exponential form is:

77822 = 2¹ × 167¹ × 233¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 77842

Prime factors of 77842 are 2, 38921. Prime factorization of 77842 in exponential form is:

77842 = 2¹ × 38921¹

Step-3: Factors of 77822

List of positive integer factors of 77822 that divides 77822 without a remainder.

1, 2, 167, 233, 334, 466, 38911

Step-4: Factors of 77842

List of positive integer factors of 77842 that divides 77822 without a remainder.

1, 2, 38921

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 77822 and 77842. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 77822 and 77842 is 2.

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