What is the Greatest Common Factor of 76178 and 76188?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 76178 and 76188 is 2.

GCF(76178,76188) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 76178 and 76188, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 76178 and 76188.

How to find the GCF of 76178 and 76188?

We will first find the prime factorization of 76178 and 76188. After we will calculate the factors of 76178 and 76188 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 76178

Prime factors of 76178 are 2, 41, 929. Prime factorization of 76178 in exponential form is:

76178 = 2¹ × 41¹ × 929¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 76188

Prime factors of 76188 are 2, 3, 7, 907. Prime factorization of 76188 in exponential form is:

76188 = 2² × 3¹ × 7¹ × 907¹

Step-3: Factors of 76178

List of positive integer factors of 76178 that divides 76178 without a remainder.

1, 2, 41, 82, 929, 1858, 38089

Step-4: Factors of 76188

List of positive integer factors of 76188 that divides 76178 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 12, 14, 21, 28, 42, 84, 907, 1814, 2721, 3628, 5442, 6349, 10884, 12698, 19047, 25396, 38094

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 76178 and 76188. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 76178 and 76188 is 2.

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