What is the Greatest Common Factor of 86820 and 86826?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 86820 and 86826 is 6.

GCF(86820,86826) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 86820 and 86826, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 86820 and 86826.

How to find the GCF of 86820 and 86826?

We will first find the prime factorization of 86820 and 86826. After we will calculate the factors of 86820 and 86826 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 86820

Prime factors of 86820 are 2, 3, 5, 1447. Prime factorization of 86820 in exponential form is:

86820 = 2² × 3¹ × 5¹ × 1447¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 86826

Prime factors of 86826 are 2, 3, 29, 499. Prime factorization of 86826 in exponential form is:

86826 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 29¹ × 499¹

Step-3: Factors of 86820

List of positive integer factors of 86820 that divides 86820 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, 30, 60, 1447, 2894, 4341, 5788, 7235, 8682, 14470, 17364, 21705, 28940, 43410

Step-4: Factors of 86826

List of positive integer factors of 86826 that divides 86820 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 29, 58, 87, 174, 499, 998, 1497, 2994, 14471, 28942, 43413

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 86820 and 86826. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 86820 and 86826 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 86820 and 86826