What is the Greatest Common Factor of 76238 and 76246?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 76238 and 76246 is 2.

GCF(76238,76246) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 76238 and 76246, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 76238 and 76246.

How to find the GCF of 76238 and 76246?

We will first find the prime factorization of 76238 and 76246. After we will calculate the factors of 76238 and 76246 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 76238

Prime factors of 76238 are 2, 38119. Prime factorization of 76238 in exponential form is:

76238 = 2¹ × 38119¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 76246

Prime factors of 76246 are 2, 67, 569. Prime factorization of 76246 in exponential form is:

76246 = 2¹ × 67¹ × 569¹

Step-3: Factors of 76238

List of positive integer factors of 76238 that divides 76238 without a remainder.

1, 2, 38119

Step-4: Factors of 76246

List of positive integer factors of 76246 that divides 76238 without a remainder.

1, 2, 67, 134, 569, 1138, 38123

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 76238 and 76246. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 76238 and 76246 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 76238 and 76246