What is the Greatest Common Factor of 34264 and 34278?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 34264 and 34278 is 2.

GCF(34264,34278) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 34264 and 34278, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 34264 and 34278.

How to find the GCF of 34264 and 34278?

We will first find the prime factorization of 34264 and 34278. After we will calculate the factors of 34264 and 34278 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 34264

Prime factors of 34264 are 2, 4283. Prime factorization of 34264 in exponential form is:

34264 = 2³ × 4283¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 34278

Prime factors of 34278 are 2, 3, 29, 197. Prime factorization of 34278 in exponential form is:

34278 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 29¹ × 197¹

Step-3: Factors of 34264

List of positive integer factors of 34264 that divides 34264 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 4283, 8566, 17132

Step-4: Factors of 34278

List of positive integer factors of 34278 that divides 34264 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 29, 58, 87, 174, 197, 394, 591, 1182, 5713, 11426, 17139

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 34264 and 34278. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 34264 and 34278 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 34264 and 34278