What is the Greatest Common Factor of 830 and 834?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 830 and 834 is 2.

GCF(830,834) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 830 and 834, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 830 and 834.

How to find the GCF of 830 and 834?

We will first find the prime factorization of 830 and 834. After we will calculate the factors of 830 and 834 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 830

Prime factors of 830 are 2, 5, 83. Prime factorization of 830 in exponential form is:

830 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 83¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 834

Prime factors of 834 are 2, 3, 139. Prime factorization of 834 in exponential form is:

834 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 139¹

Step-3: Factors of 830

List of positive integer factors of 830 that divides 830 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 83, 166, 415

Step-4: Factors of 834

List of positive integer factors of 834 that divides 830 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 139, 278, 417

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 830 and 834. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 830 and 834 is 2.

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