What is the Greatest Common Factor of 79864 and 79882?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 79864 and 79882 is 2.

GCF(79864,79882) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 79864 and 79882, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 79864 and 79882.

How to find the GCF of 79864 and 79882?

We will first find the prime factorization of 79864 and 79882. After we will calculate the factors of 79864 and 79882 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 79864

Prime factors of 79864 are 2, 67, 149. Prime factorization of 79864 in exponential form is:

79864 = 2³ × 67¹ × 149¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 79882

Prime factors of 79882 are 2, 11, 3631. Prime factorization of 79882 in exponential form is:

79882 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 3631¹

Step-3: Factors of 79864

List of positive integer factors of 79864 that divides 79864 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 67, 134, 149, 268, 298, 536, 596, 1192, 9983, 19966, 39932

Step-4: Factors of 79882

List of positive integer factors of 79882 that divides 79864 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 3631, 7262, 39941

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 79864 and 79882. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 79864 and 79882 is 2.

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