What is the Greatest Common Factor of 83942 and 83950?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 83942 and 83950 is 2.

GCF(83942,83950) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 83942 and 83950, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 83942 and 83950.

How to find the GCF of 83942 and 83950?

We will first find the prime factorization of 83942 and 83950. After we will calculate the factors of 83942 and 83950 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 83942

Prime factors of 83942 are 2, 19, 47. Prime factorization of 83942 in exponential form is:

83942 = 2¹ × 19¹ × 47²

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 83950

Prime factors of 83950 are 2, 5, 23, 73. Prime factorization of 83950 in exponential form is:

83950 = 2¹ × 5² × 23¹ × 73¹

Step-3: Factors of 83942

List of positive integer factors of 83942 that divides 83942 without a remainder.

1, 2, 19, 38, 47, 94, 893, 1786, 2209, 4418, 41971

Step-4: Factors of 83950

List of positive integer factors of 83950 that divides 83942 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 23, 25, 46, 50, 73, 115, 146, 230, 365, 575, 730, 1150, 1679, 1825, 3358, 3650, 8395, 16790, 41975

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 83942 and 83950. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 83942 and 83950 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 83942 and 83950