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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 7162 and 7178?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 7162 and 7178 is 2.

GCF(7162,7178) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 7162 and 7178, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 7162 and 7178.

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How to find the GCF of 7162 and 7178?

We will first find the prime factorization of 7162 and 7178. After we will calculate the factors of 7162 and 7178 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 7162

Prime factors of 7162 are 2, 3581. Prime factorization of 7162 in exponential form is:

7162 = 21 × 35811

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 7178

Prime factors of 7178 are 2, 37, 97. Prime factorization of 7178 in exponential form is:

7178 = 21 × 371 × 971

Step-3: Factors of 7162

List of positive integer factors of 7162 that divides 7162 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3581

Step-4: Factors of 7178

List of positive integer factors of 7178 that divides 7162 without a remainder.

1, 2, 37, 74, 97, 194, 3589

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 7162 and 7178. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 7162 and 7178 is 2.

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