What is the Greatest Common Factor of 77262 and 77272?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 77262 and 77272 is 2.

GCF(77262,77272) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 77262 and 77272, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 77262 and 77272.

How to find the GCF of 77262 and 77272?

We will first find the prime factorization of 77262 and 77272. After we will calculate the factors of 77262 and 77272 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 77262

Prime factors of 77262 are 2, 3, 79, 163. Prime factorization of 77262 in exponential form is:

77262 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 79¹ × 163¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 77272

Prime factors of 77272 are 2, 13, 743. Prime factorization of 77272 in exponential form is:

77272 = 2³ × 13¹ × 743¹

Step-3: Factors of 77262

List of positive integer factors of 77262 that divides 77262 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 79, 158, 163, 237, 326, 474, 489, 978, 12877, 25754, 38631

Step-4: Factors of 77272

List of positive integer factors of 77272 that divides 77262 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 13, 26, 52, 104, 743, 1486, 2972, 5944, 9659, 19318, 38636

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 77262 and 77272. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 77262 and 77272 is 2.

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