What is the Greatest Common Factor of 81226 and 81242?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 81226 and 81242 is 2.

GCF(81226,81242) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 81226 and 81242, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 81226 and 81242.

How to find the GCF of 81226 and 81242?

We will first find the prime factorization of 81226 and 81242. After we will calculate the factors of 81226 and 81242 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 81226

Prime factors of 81226 are 2, 17, 2389. Prime factorization of 81226 in exponential form is:

81226 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 2389¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 81242

Prime factors of 81242 are 2, 7, 829. Prime factorization of 81242 in exponential form is:

81242 = 2¹ × 7² × 829¹

Step-3: Factors of 81226

List of positive integer factors of 81226 that divides 81226 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 2389, 4778, 40613

Step-4: Factors of 81242

List of positive integer factors of 81242 that divides 81226 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 49, 98, 829, 1658, 5803, 11606, 40621

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 81226 and 81242. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 81226 and 81242 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 81226 and 81242