What is the Greatest Common Factor of 77918 and 77926?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 77918 and 77926 is 2.

GCF(77918,77926) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 77918 and 77926, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 77918 and 77926.

How to find the GCF of 77918 and 77926?

We will first find the prime factorization of 77918 and 77926. After we will calculate the factors of 77918 and 77926 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 77918

Prime factors of 77918 are 2, 38959. Prime factorization of 77918 in exponential form is:

77918 = 2¹ × 38959¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 77926

Prime factors of 77926 are 2, 47, 829. Prime factorization of 77926 in exponential form is:

77926 = 2¹ × 47¹ × 829¹

Step-3: Factors of 77918

List of positive integer factors of 77918 that divides 77918 without a remainder.

1, 2, 38959

Step-4: Factors of 77926

List of positive integer factors of 77926 that divides 77918 without a remainder.

1, 2, 47, 94, 829, 1658, 38963

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 77918 and 77926. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 77918 and 77926 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 77918 and 77926