What is the Greatest Common Factor of 86722 and 86740?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 86722 and 86740 is 2.

GCF(86722,86740) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 86722 and 86740, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 86722 and 86740.

How to find the GCF of 86722 and 86740?

We will first find the prime factorization of 86722 and 86740. After we will calculate the factors of 86722 and 86740 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 86722

Prime factors of 86722 are 2, 131, 331. Prime factorization of 86722 in exponential form is:

86722 = 2¹ × 131¹ × 331¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 86740

Prime factors of 86740 are 2, 5, 4337. Prime factorization of 86740 in exponential form is:

86740 = 2² × 5¹ × 4337¹

Step-3: Factors of 86722

List of positive integer factors of 86722 that divides 86722 without a remainder.

1, 2, 131, 262, 331, 662, 43361

Step-4: Factors of 86740

List of positive integer factors of 86740 that divides 86722 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 4337, 8674, 17348, 21685, 43370

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 86722 and 86740. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 86722 and 86740 is 2.

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