What is the Greatest Common Factor of 820 and 824?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 820 and 824 is 4.

GCF(820,824) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 820 and 824, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 820 and 824.

How to find the GCF of 820 and 824?

We will first find the prime factorization of 820 and 824. After we will calculate the factors of 820 and 824 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 820

Prime factors of 820 are 2, 5, 41. Prime factorization of 820 in exponential form is:

820 = 2² × 5¹ × 41¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 824

Prime factors of 824 are 2, 103. Prime factorization of 824 in exponential form is:

824 = 2³ × 103¹

Step-3: Factors of 820

List of positive integer factors of 820 that divides 820 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 41, 82, 164, 205, 410

Step-4: Factors of 824

List of positive integer factors of 824 that divides 820 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 103, 206, 412

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 820 and 824. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 820 and 824 is 4.

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