What is the Greatest Common Factor of 7840 and 7846?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 7840 and 7846 is 2.

GCF(7840,7846) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 7840 and 7846, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 7840 and 7846.

How to find the GCF of 7840 and 7846?

We will first find the prime factorization of 7840 and 7846. After we will calculate the factors of 7840 and 7846 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 7840

Prime factors of 7840 are 2, 5, 7. Prime factorization of 7840 in exponential form is:

7840 = 2⁵ × 5¹ × 7²

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 7846

Prime factors of 7846 are 2, 3923. Prime factorization of 7846 in exponential form is:

7846 = 2¹ × 3923¹

Step-3: Factors of 7840

List of positive integer factors of 7840 that divides 7840 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 14, 16, 20, 28, 32, 35, 40, 49, 56, 70, 80, 98, 112, 140, 160, 196, 224, 245, 280, 392, 490, 560, 784, 980, 1120, 1568, 1960, 3920

Step-4: Factors of 7846

List of positive integer factors of 7846 that divides 7840 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3923

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 7840 and 7846. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 7840 and 7846 is 2.

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