What is the Greatest Common Factor of 80968 and 80982?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 80968 and 80982 is 2.

GCF(80968,80982) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 80968 and 80982, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 80968 and 80982.

How to find the GCF of 80968 and 80982?

We will first find the prime factorization of 80968 and 80982. After we will calculate the factors of 80968 and 80982 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 80968

Prime factors of 80968 are 2, 29, 349. Prime factorization of 80968 in exponential form is:

80968 = 2³ × 29¹ × 349¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 80982

Prime factors of 80982 are 2, 3, 11, 409. Prime factorization of 80982 in exponential form is:

80982 = 2¹ × 3² × 11¹ × 409¹

Step-3: Factors of 80968

List of positive integer factors of 80968 that divides 80968 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 29, 58, 116, 232, 349, 698, 1396, 2792, 10121, 20242, 40484

Step-4: Factors of 80982

List of positive integer factors of 80982 that divides 80968 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 11, 18, 22, 33, 66, 99, 198, 409, 818, 1227, 2454, 3681, 4499, 7362, 8998, 13497, 26994, 40491

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 80968 and 80982. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 80968 and 80982 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 80968 and 80982