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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 7178 and 7188?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 7178 and 7188 is 2.

GCF(7178,7188) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 7178 and 7188, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 7178 and 7188.

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How to find the GCF of 7178 and 7188?

We will first find the prime factorization of 7178 and 7188. After we will calculate the factors of 7178 and 7188 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 7188

Prime factors of 7188 are 2, 3, 599. Prime factorization of 7188 in exponential form is:

7188 = 22 × 31 × 5991

Step-3: Factors of 7178

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 7188

List of positive integer factors of 7188 that divides 7178 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 599, 1198, 1797, 2396, 3594

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 7178 and 7188. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 7178 and 7188 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 7178 and 7188