What is the Greatest Common Factor of 77516 and 77526?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 77516 and 77526 is 2.

GCF(77516,77526) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 77516 and 77526, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 77516 and 77526.

How to find the GCF of 77516 and 77526?

We will first find the prime factorization of 77516 and 77526. After we will calculate the factors of 77516 and 77526 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 77516

Prime factors of 77516 are 2, 19379. Prime factorization of 77516 in exponential form is:

77516 = 2² × 19379¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 77526

Prime factors of 77526 are 2, 3, 59, 73. Prime factorization of 77526 in exponential form is:

77526 = 2¹ × 3² × 59¹ × 73¹

Step-3: Factors of 77516

List of positive integer factors of 77516 that divides 77516 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 19379, 38758

Step-4: Factors of 77526

List of positive integer factors of 77526 that divides 77516 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 59, 73, 118, 146, 177, 219, 354, 438, 531, 657, 1062, 1314, 4307, 8614, 12921, 25842, 38763

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 77516 and 77526. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 77516 and 77526 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 77516 and 77526