What is the Greatest Common Factor of 7566 and 7578?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 7566 and 7578 is 6.

GCF(7566,7578) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 7566 and 7578, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 7566 and 7578.

How to find the GCF of 7566 and 7578?

We will first find the prime factorization of 7566 and 7578. After we will calculate the factors of 7566 and 7578 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 7566

Prime factors of 7566 are 2, 3, 13, 97. Prime factorization of 7566 in exponential form is:

7566 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 13¹ × 97¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 7578

Prime factors of 7578 are 2, 3, 421. Prime factorization of 7578 in exponential form is:

7578 = 2¹ × 3² × 421¹

Step-3: Factors of 7566

List of positive integer factors of 7566 that divides 7566 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 13, 26, 39, 78, 97, 194, 291, 582, 1261, 2522, 3783

Step-4: Factors of 7578

List of positive integer factors of 7578 that divides 7566 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 421, 842, 1263, 2526, 3789

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 7566 and 7578. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 7566 and 7578 is 6.

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