What is the Greatest Common Factor of 7824 and 7838?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 7824 and 7838 is 2.

GCF(7824,7838) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 7824 and 7838, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 7824 and 7838.

How to find the GCF of 7824 and 7838?

We will first find the prime factorization of 7824 and 7838. After we will calculate the factors of 7824 and 7838 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 7824

Prime factors of 7824 are 2, 3, 163. Prime factorization of 7824 in exponential form is:

7824 = 2⁴ × 3¹ × 163¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 7838

Prime factors of 7838 are 2, 3919. Prime factorization of 7838 in exponential form is:

7838 = 2¹ × 3919¹

Step-3: Factors of 7824

List of positive integer factors of 7824 that divides 7824 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48, 163, 326, 489, 652, 978, 1304, 1956, 2608, 3912

Step-4: Factors of 7838

List of positive integer factors of 7838 that divides 7824 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3919

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 7824 and 7838. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 7824 and 7838 is 2.

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