What is the Greatest Common Factor of 77298 and 77318?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 77298 and 77318 is 2.

GCF(77298,77318) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 77298 and 77318, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 77298 and 77318.

How to find the GCF of 77298 and 77318?

We will first find the prime factorization of 77298 and 77318. After we will calculate the factors of 77298 and 77318 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 77298

Prime factors of 77298 are 2, 3, 13, 991. Prime factorization of 77298 in exponential form is:

77298 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 13¹ × 991¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 77318

Prime factors of 77318 are 2, 67, 577. Prime factorization of 77318 in exponential form is:

77318 = 2¹ × 67¹ × 577¹

Step-3: Factors of 77298

List of positive integer factors of 77298 that divides 77298 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 13, 26, 39, 78, 991, 1982, 2973, 5946, 12883, 25766, 38649

Step-4: Factors of 77318

List of positive integer factors of 77318 that divides 77298 without a remainder.

1, 2, 67, 134, 577, 1154, 38659

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 77298 and 77318. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 77298 and 77318 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 77298 and 77318