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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 843 and 852?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 843 and 852 is 3.

GCF(843,852) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 843 and 852, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 843 and 852.

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How to find the GCF of 843 and 852?

We will first find the prime factorization of 843 and 852. After we will calculate the factors of 843 and 852 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 843

Prime factors of 843 are 3, 281. Prime factorization of 843 in exponential form is:

843 = 31 × 2811

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 852

Prime factors of 852 are 2, 3, 71. Prime factorization of 852 in exponential form is:

852 = 22 × 31 × 711

Step-3: Factors of 843

List of positive integer factors of 843 that divides 843 without a remainder.

1, 3, 281

Step-4: Factors of 852

List of positive integer factors of 852 that divides 843 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 71, 142, 213, 284, 426

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 843 and 852. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 843 and 852 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 843 and 852